Accenture Federal wins $3.5B Energy IT recompete
The so-called CBOSS blanket purchase agreement is the Energy Department’s main mechanism for acquiring IT support services. Accenture’s U.S. federal subsidiary has won a potential seven-and-a-half year, $3.5 billion blanket purchase agreement to continue its role as the Energy Department’s primary enterprise IT and business support services provider. This is the second iteration of the CIO […]
COMMENTARY: Contractors embrace Trump’s potential to modernize procurement
With the DOGE and Trump talking about a more modern and efficient government, contractors are offering suggestions and advice on changes they want to see. For government contractors, the executive orders and proclamations grabbing the headlines on the first day of President Trump’s second term will have little impact on how contractors do business. The most […]
GSA will ‘recommit’ to ‘founding purpose,’ says acting administrator
Stephen Ehikian, previously of Salesforce, has been tapped to serve as GSA’s acting administrator. President Donald Trump’s pick to serve as acting leader of the General Services Administration told the agency’s workforce today that GSA is “recommitting itself to its founding purpose: ensuring government-wide efficiency and maximizing value for the American taxpayer,” in an email obtained […]
DARPA looking for tools to test AI
The agency wants ways to assess the variety of threats to artificial intelligence-enabled systems deployed across DOD. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for tools that can identify vulnerabilities in AI-enabled systems. In a new sources sought notice, DARPA said it wants industry as well as academia and government labs to share information about […]
Air Force challenges GAO after $300M satellite contract protest
The service branch wants a reconsideration after the Government Accountability Office sided with ATP Gov over certification requirements for portable satellite terminals. A fight over a $300 million satellite task order has taken an unusual turn, with the Air Force filing its own protest after the Government Accountability Office ruled against the service branch. The dispute involves […]
Tech, operations and growth leadership moves across the market
One chief growth officer retirement and another CGO hire feature, both at Top 100 companies. Guidehouse Stuart Brown has joined to lead the firm’s digital practice, a role that involves work with clients on adopting and implementing emerging technologies. The 25-year tech and consulting veteran will also focus on building ecosystem partner relationships and data-driven strategies. […]
Space companies say cyber threat intelligence is often overclassified, unactionable
Space and aerospace industry feedback from a series of government-run workshops noted that such threat intelligence is difficult to translate into actionable cyber efforts. Space industry companies say they’re often sent inconsistent, untimely and overly-classified cyber threat information from the intelligence community and others, potentially hindering their ability to respond to digital incursions against ground and […]
Accenture Federal’s new CEO eyes AI-driven transformation during Trump 2.0
Ron Ash sees agencies as having opportunities ahead to modernize legacy systems and improve efficiency by harnessing the power of new tools like agentic artificial intelligence. Ron Ash is not tasked with a turnaround job or leading a wholesale change of Accenture’s U.S. federal subsidiary as its new chief executive. Ash is following the seven-year tenure of […]
Stoke Space collects $260M in Series C capital
The company started in 2020 and has approval from Space Force to bid for future launches of small payloads. Stoke Space, a five-year-old launch startup, has captured $260 million in Series C capital to finalize the development of its fully reusable medium-lift rocket, dubbed Nova. The company said Wednesday it will also use the new capital […]
BigBear appoints McAleenan as chief executive
Kevin McAleenan becomes the artificial intelligence integrator’s third CEO since its public listing in 2021. BigBear.ai’s board of directors has elected a new chief executive in Kevin McAleenan, who joined the artificial intelligence integrator in the fall as president following its combination with Pangiam. He also becomes a member of BigBear’s board of directors and succeeds […]