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  • In this Nov. 7, 2019, photo, the first panels of levee border wall are seen at a construction site along the U.S.-Mexico border, in Donna, Texas. The Trump administration said Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, that it will waive federal contracting laws to speed construction of the border wall with Mexico. (Eric Gay/AP)
    Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall

    The acting Homeland Security secretary, Chad Wolf, is exercising authority under a 2005 law that gives him sweeping powers to waive laws for building border barriers.

    Elliot Spagat, The Associated Press
    3 days ago
  • SAIC announced Feb. 6 that it intends to acquire Unisys Federal in a $1.2 billion deal. (Martin Barraud/Getty Images)
    SAIC looks to balance its government portfolio with Unisys Federal buy

    This is the latest of a number of acquisition announcements that have come from both SAIC and former parent company Leidos in the last year.

    Jessie Bur
    February 6
  • In this Nov. 29, 2019, photo, a metal head made of motor parts symbolizes artificial intelligence, or AI, at the Essen Motor Show for tuning and motorsports in Essen, Germany. The Trump administration is proposing new rules guiding how the U.S. government regulates the use of artificial intelligence in medicine, transportation and other industries. The White House unveiled the proposals Tuesday, Jan. 7, and said they're meant to promote private sector applications of AI that are safe and fair. (Martin Meissner/AP)
    White House proposes guidelines for regulating the use of AI

    "Agencies must avoid a precautionary approach that holds AI systems to such an impossibly high standard that society cannot enjoy their benefits," the memo says.

    Matt O'Brien, The Associated Press
    January 7
  • Amazon Web Services plans to protest the JEDI cloud. (Photo by Marine Corps)
    Amazon files paperwork for protest of Pentagon’s JEDI cloud award

    In a video obtained by Federal Times, AWS CEO Andy Jassy said the company planned to protest the award.

    Andrew Eversden
    November 14, 2019
  • Government agents charged a Long Island-based company with selling Chinese-made military equipment to the US military.
    This New York-based company was just caught allegedly selling Chinese-made hardware to the DoD

    Some of these hardware solutions included ground-based radar, turnstiles, and closed-circuit television systems, all of which the company claimed were manufactured in America.

    Ian D'Costa
    November 12, 2019
  • In this March 28, 2019, photo, David Bernhardt speaks before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee at his confirmation hearing to head the Interior Department, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Interior Department is proposing to award a contract for federal water in perpetuity to a water district that long employed Bernhardt. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
    Interior proposes coveted deal to ex-client of agency head

    Conservation groups are demanding fuller disclosure of financial terms and an environmental review of the proposed deal for the California's Westlands Water District, the nation's largest agricultural water supplier.

    Ellen Knickmeyer, The Associated Press
    November 8, 2019
  • Think of it as procurement for millennials. (skynesher/Getty Images)
    Want to win a government contract? Try a selfie

    Think of it as procurement for millennials.

    Jill Aitoro
    October 30, 2019
  • The DoD wants the JEDI cloud to consolidate data for use by the warfighter at the tactical edge.
    So what problems does JEDI solve, really?

    Industry leaders say that the DoD's enterprise cloud will allow the warfighter to access data quicker, consolidate data and develop artificial intelligence.

    Andrew Eversden
    October 29, 2019
  • The Pentagon's JEDI cloud was awarded to Microsoft after months of delays. (Jennifer Gonzalez/Marine Corps)
    Amazon or Microsoft? DoD picks a winner for its controversial JEDI contract

    The multibillion dollar contract competition pitted two tech giants against one another.

    Andrew Eversden
    October 25, 2019
  • Senior Airman Skyler Vinay, a 28th Communications Squadron cyber transport systems technician and Staff Sgt. Sebastian Ritter, 28th CS Communications Focal Point noncommissioned officer in charge, inspect a computer during the Cyber Storm exercise at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. Accenture Federal Services, a multinational professional services company, received the third contract for Air Force’s Enterprise IT as a Service program and will experiment with delivering computing and storage capabilities as a service to eight Air Force bases, (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Thomas Karol)
    The latest step in the Air Force’s Enterprise IT as a Service plan

    The Air Force is adding another company to its Enterprise IT as a Service experiment, the service announced June 28.

    Cal Pringle
    July 3, 2019
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