-
IT Modernization
Biden administration officials announced on Tuesday that payback requirements will be relaxed for some projects funded by the recent $1 billion addition to the Technology Modernization Fund. Administrators want urgently needed upgrades that help respond to the pandemic or improve the cybersecurity of federal agencies.
05/04/2021
-
Defense
Thomas Harker, the acting Navy secretary, told lawmakers that improved business systems would help enhance performance and reduce costs.
05/03/2021
-
Defense
Shelby Oakley, the director for contracting and national security acquisition for the Government Accountability Office, said the ability to conduct data-driven oversight was the Pentagon's acquisition office's biggest challenge.
05/03/2021
-
Defense
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims denied a motion from the U.S. government to dismiss a complaint from Amazon Web Services alleging undue influence on the award of the $10 billion, 10-year cloud program JEDI to Microsoft.
04/28/2021
-
Defense
The White House announced it would nominate Heidi Shyu, former assistant secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, to be DOD's undersecretary for research and engineering.
04/27/2021
-
Workforce
The new minimum wage is set to take effect in early 2022. Agencies will have to include the $15 wage floor in any new contract solicitations starting on January 30, 2022 and have this minimum wage in new contracts by March 30, 2022.
04/27/2021
-
Acquisition
The Defense Department's internal watchdog found a lack of data on other transaction awards made through consortiums.
04/26/2021
-
Defense
Divesting of legacy systems to make way for new technologies is expensive and at the heart of the Defense Department's budget debate. But could new incentives for contractors make a difference?
04/23/2021
-
Comment
As recent attacks have demonstrated, supply chain risks extend to the software and update process as well.
04/19/2021
-
Workforce
Originally a brainchild of the Obama-Biden tech office, the Presidential Innovation Fellows program is now looking for its eighth cohort of in-house federal tech innovators. How has it changed, and what lessons might the program offer for recruiting top tech talent into the government?
04/14/2021
-
Defense
The Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System has been in the works for years, but the potentially multibillion deal could mark a paradigm shift in how the Defense Department buys and leverages technology.
04/13/2021
-
Workforce
The Environmental Protection Agency rolled back the clock on portions of its collective bargaining agreement on official time, union office space, grievance procedures and more.
04/07/2021
-
People
Robin Carnahan, formerly Missouri's secretary of state and the lead of state and local government practice at 18F, is the Biden administration's pick to lead the General Services Administration.
04/06/2021
-
FCW Perspectives
With the SolarWinds breach as a catalyst and new leadership across government, agencies are rethinking their roadmaps.
04/05/2021
-
Acquisition
A request for information for the Inmarsat Broadband Global Area Network and Global Xpress contract was amended March 31 to include requirements for the CMMC pilot program.
04/05/2021