Contracting
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission moved to extend an integration contract related to CDM by claiming DHS failed to articulate "a complete architectural vision" at the outset of the program.
06/18/2018
Acquisition
The Department of Homeland Security ran a yearlong agile acquisition pilot program with five existing programs from FEMA, TSA, ICE and USCIS.
06/15/2018
Cybersecurity
The government is seeking to eliminate all traces of cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Labs from federal systems, issuing a new interim rule to extend the governmentwide ban to contractors.
06/15/2018
Modernization
The House Appropriations Committee approved a bill that would provide $150 million for the centralized fund created by the Modernizing Government Technology Act, falling $60 million short of the White House’s fiscal year 2019 request and $100 million short of what the MGT Act authorizes.
06/14/2018
Acquisition
Lawmakers join the Government Accountability Office in asserting greater oversight and review over "other transaction authority" awards.
06/14/2018
Workforce
Now at the four-year mark, Obama-era digital teams have spanned solidly across two administrations. But with the earliest hires hitting the end of their terms, what do their legacies and futures look like?
06/12/2018
Acquisition
SEWP's authorized reseller identification tool is helping the contract vehicle's federal customers weed out unauthorized IT gear and services.
06/08/2018
Telecom
The telecom is the first of 10 prime contractors on the government's $50 billion communications contract to report success on back office requirements.
06/07/2018
Defense
Air Force IT acquisition lead Maj. Gen. Sarah Zabel said that agile didn't make the program objectives memo for 2020 but an embrace of agile development remains a goal.
06/06/2018
Congress
The House defense appropriations bill includes new reporting requirements on the JEDI project and the Defense Enterprise Office Solutions cloud efforts.
06/06/2018
Procurement
GSA has asked federal buyers and commercial providers about how to renovate four crucial cybersecurity services on its biggest IT purchasing schedule.
06/01/2018
Acquisition
The Government Accountability Office recommended that the Pentagon terminate its $950 million award to Amazon cloud reseller REAN made under an "other transaction authority."
05/31/2018
Cloud
Officials are still working on the final solicitation for the massive cloud initiative.
05/31/2018
Comment
The federal government's leading evangelist of shared services explains why it makes sense to bring payroll to the cloud.
05/30/2018
Cloud
John Zangardi is spinning up a cloud steering group to develop an enterprisewide strategy for DHS that will include multiple providers.
05/29/2018