Lockheed’s CEO reacts to Trump’s acquisition overhaul orders
In talking with Wall Street, Jim Taiclet highlights how many of the regulations and statutes that have evolved over decades look poised to be “really scrutinized and reduced.” Work on structural changes to how federal agencies buy products and services from the private sector appears to be going full-steam ahead amid a series of executive orders […]
Small business owner wants Congress to protect OSDBU offices
One founder and CEO launches a video campaign amidst fear that if cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services spread across government, small businesses like his will lose access to critical resources and opportunities. The apparent demise of the Department of Health and Human Services’ small business office felt personal for Derek Barnby, founder and […]
DOD opens proposal window for $510M data, analytics contract
The Defense Department structured this multiple-award effort to further enable the use of data in managing force structure and mission activities. The Defense Department’s lead organization for acquiring administrative and management support services on behalf of other DOD entities is now ready to accept proposals for a potential five-year, $510 million data and analytics support contract. […]
ANALYSIS: A less burdened customer collective also means a more powerful one
Don’t confuse the Trump administration’s push for agencies to have a leaner acquisition framework as making everything easier for contractors. Keeping them as customers might just get harder. Much of what people in GovCon have said they wanted to see for many years *might* be about to happen as the Trump administration pushes to overhaul how […]
A silent end for NITAAC?
Both websites for the National Institutes of Health’s CIO-SP and CIO-CS contract vehicles are dark, leading to questions over whether the long-time contract vehicles are being shuttered. The NIH IT Acquisition and Assessment Center has fallen silent in the past few weeks. NITAAC’s public-facing website has disappeared and the the National Institutes of Health’s press office is […]
Maintain to sustain: why CMMC is a continued practice
Dr. Thomas Graham, vice president and chief information security officer at Redspin, lays out key principles for contractors to follow in the preparation and execution of their compliance with the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification. As of December 16, 2024, the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) rule went into effect, stating that in the near future, all […]
WT 360: Our EIC Frank Konkel on GSA, Google and the government as a single whole customer
Frank Konkel, editor-in-chief for GovExec’s publications including us, jumps in to go over Google’s massive discounted offering to agencies and how that pact with the General Services Administration will not be the last like it. Google set off quite the reaction when the tech giant’s offer to discount its cloud-based productivity suite at 71% for […]
Growth, operations and tech leadership moves across the market
A trio of board of directors additions also feature in this newest catalog of key hires, promotions and appointments. DCS Corp. Tanya Bassett has joined the employee-owned technology and professional services provider as vice president of business development, which includes new market infiltration efforts. The nearly three-decade market veteran most recently worked at Precise Systems as […]
3 essentials for AI-powered procurement in a new era of efficiency
Akash Mandavilli, CEO of GovEagle, lays out the foundational pillars that government contractors need to reach a breakthrough in using artificial intelligence for procurement processes. As the public sector continues to double down on efficiency, contractors are under increasing pressure to deliver more with less — less funding, tighter timelines, and heightened expectations. In tandem, this […]
Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI authorized for all defense operations
Microsoft’s artificial intelligence offerings are now available at the highest impact level classification for the Defense Department. Microsoft announced on Wednesday that its OpenAI-enabled Azure offerings will be available to more of the federal workforce through a new Defense Information Systems Agency authorization that marks the service as approved across all government classification levels. Confirmed in […]