Contracting

Everything you need to score the winning bid on the next big agency contract.

Could Congress provide IT modernization funding to states?

States' IT systems have been overwhelmed as a record amount of citizens have filed for unemployment.

24 months ago

HackerOne’s services formally authorized for use by federal agencies

It's a significant step as federal agencies look to create vulnerability disclosure programs.

2 years ago

IT & Networks

Tax agency wants to automate its grants management system

The IRS is anticipating an increase in grant applications.

Justice Department awards artificial intelligence contract

The award to Veritone marks the company's first major federal contract.

2 years ago

State Department awards IT contract to help combat narcotics

The contract is potentially worth $350 million.

2 years ago

Interior Department inks $95M dollar deal to modernize IT system from 1990s

The five-year contract will modernize Interior’s Technical Information Management System, or TIMS, which automates business and regulatory functions.

2 years ago

VA awards $96 million task order for IT modernization

Accenture will also assist the VA is managing its IT infrastructure during the coronavirus pandemic.

2 years ago

Pentagon IG finds JEDI contract didn’t violate law, but ethical questions remain

While a long-awaited inspector general report on the Pentagon's JEDI cloud found that the procurement followed the law, the IG did find ethical violations and post-award mistakes.

2 years ago

FCC to approve spectrum plan that Pentagon claims will harm GPS

The Pentagon and other government agencies have fought for years to keep Ligado Networks from getting approval to use L-Band spectrum, but that fight appears to be on its last legs.

2 years ago

Homeland Security will use a new procurement pilot program to fight COVID-19

The Department of Homeland Security announced it will use a recently established pilot program to procure innovative tools to assist in its fight against the new coronavirus.

2 years ago

Senate seeks industry’s help with internal cyberthreats

A solicitation from the Senate's sergeant-at-arms asks for several network assessment services.

2 years ago

Homeland Security sets up coronavirus procurement team

DHS has experienced a spike in contractors looking for ways to help with their coronavirus response.

2 years ago

OPM, GSA announce delays due to the coronavirus

The government continues to shift priorities as it grapples with the coronavirus.

2 years ago

A federal CIO tells industry how it can help during coronavirus pandemic

National Science Foundation CIO Dorothy Aronson shares insight into how contractors can help government and how the CIO Council and her agency are responding to COVID-19.

2 years ago

Federal contractors face great uncertainty as coronavirus spreads

The pandemic spread and response is evolving fast, leaving federal contractors unsure of what could happen next.

2 years ago

Trump administration enlists supercomputers to fight coronavirus

The effort includes government, industry and academia as the Trump administration looks to speed up coronavirus research.

2 years ago

Pentagon loosens cash flow for industry, more measures likely coming

Industry will be getting more cash up front to help combat the impacts of the coronavirus.

2 years ago

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.

2 years ago

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.

3 years ago

Want to win a government contract? Try a selfie

Think of it as procurement for millennials.

3 years ago

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.

3 years ago

Amazon or Microsoft? DoD picks a winner for its controversial JEDI contract

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

3 years ago

To tech startups, small biz grants are small potatoes

Is the Small Business Innovation Research grant a bold enough tool for the Pentagon?

3 years ago

How should the tech industry handle high-profile government contracts?

For tech companies, government contracts promise big money and relative security. But they are also a slippery slope.

4 years ago

Tech contractor agrees to halt anti-union activities

Under the settlement, General Dynamics Information Technology will be required to send a notice to affected employees promising not to undertake anti-union activities.

4 years ago

Pentagon used contracts that could suppress competition, watchdog finds

Forty percent of Pentagon contracts were of the type that could potentially limit competition, a government watchdog agency reports.

4 years ago

GSA’s mega telecom contract receives ‘Best-in-Class’ designation

The designation means that the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions Contract is considered a preferred vehicle by the Office of Management and Budget.

4 years ago

DISA announces winners of $17.5 billion IT modernization contract

Twenty companies won spots on DISA's Encore III contract.

5 years ago