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StateRAMP to rebrand later this year

The voluntary program will be rebranded as “GovRAMP” to better reflect that its offerings can be used by local governments, educational institutions and others, the organization’s executive director told Route Fifty.

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DEI programs vanish across the GovCon landscape

Contractors are dropping diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives as they review the risks of being seen as not compliant with the Trump executive order.

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GSA procurement pause sparks confusion

A new memo halts all General Services Administration-funded contract awards, a move that raises questions about scope and legality as industry leaders look for clarity.

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Contractors face greater scrutiny from anti-DEI executive orders

President Trump’s actions come with enforcement provisions that encourage employees to report on their companies.

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Groundswell's legal fight for $1B Army ERP contract moves to records access

Groundswell wants a former SAP executive to look at competition documents, but the winner Accenture Federal Services is pushing back.

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A decade-old risk led to ‘phenomenal partnership’ between AWS and the intel community

The move to bring highly classified systems to the cloud was uncharted territory for both the company and the CIA.

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House passes agency software licensing bill

Saving on software licensing appears to also be on the radar of the new DOGE caucus.

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IBM wins $930M federal employee travel system contract

The General Services Administration expects 124 civilian agencies to transition to the new system by June 2027.

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Groundswell claims the Army wanted Accenture to win the $1B EBS-C competition

The company's lawsuit alleges the evaluation process was changed midstream to favor Accenture for the contract to consolidate several Army business and logistics systems.

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Industry execs weigh potential impacts of presidential transition

A group of senior leaders at government contractors outline the challenges and opportunities they see in a second Trump term.

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The knowns and unknowns of a second Trump administration

Some priorities such as cyber and artificial intelligence are likely not changing, but we will watch the transition for what else might impact government contractors.

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Groundswell challenges Army's award of business system consolidation contract

In its protest at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Groundswell is questioning how the Army stuck with long-time incumbent Accenture Federal Services for the project.

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US charges 6 for conspiring to defraud agencies through IT contracting schemes

The charges are the first in an ongoing Department of Justice investigation into “IT manufacturers, distributors and resellers” that sell to the government.

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DOD plans $1.4B sole source extension for Leidos on health care record

MHS Genesis needs about three years to move to the cloud before a sustainment contract for the Defense Department's massive health record system can be put out for bid, officials said.

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ODNI told to redo financial management contract

The Government Accountability Office looked at Guidehouse's protest against the award and found inconsistencies in how proposals were evaluated for this contract that supports the entire intelligence community.

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FBI’s Carahsoft raid comes amid allegations of price-fixing

The leading IT reseller is in the middle of an ongoing False Claims Act case involving multiple vendors.

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FBI raids government IT and cyber contractor Carahsoft

The FBI confirmed the raid but declined to provide further details.

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House lawmaker presses DOD to exclude Chinese display companies from military contracts

BOE Technology Group and Tianma Microelectronics would be added to the DOD’s 1260H restriction list.

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GSA further details its plan for Ascend cloud program

Software-as-a-service vendors and providers of cloud-related IT professional services are who the General Services Administration wants to hear from now.