Modernization
Draft RFP for NS2020 debuts
General Services Administration makes self-imposed deadline for the successor to Networx -- albeit barely.
Acquisition
Software-defined networking key to Lockheed's DISA deal
It has been more than two years since Lockheed Martin nabbed a $4.6 billion contract to manage DOD's global data network.
Acquisition
Consolidation, culture and one very big contract
David Bowen, the Defense Health Agency's director of health IT, has a seriously complex to-do list.
Acquisition
How CIOs can prep for FITARA
Former Justice Department CIO Van Hitch says it's not too early for his former colleagues to get ready to use their new authority.
Acquisition
Air Force reinstates FedBid
Negotiated agreement means the reverse auction provider, suspended late last month, can resume federal business now that Chairman Ali Saadat has resigned.
Modernization
Keeping up with the cloud
GSA is looking for ways to help its purchasing vehicles stay up-to-date as technology and capabilities rush ahead.
Acquisition
DOD shutters two 'influence' websites covering Africa
Similar sites covering the Persian Gulf and Central Asia remain in operation.
Acquisition
Is government ready for agile?
"That's like asking whether the government is ready for oxygen," said 18F co-founder Robert Read. "It needs it, whether it knows it needs it or not."
Modernization
Halvorsen: DOD not that slow on cloud
The Pentagon is like "four federated giant corporations" trying to procure their own cloud services, says the acting CIO.
Acquisition
IT acquisition failures land on high-risk list
Technology problems are at the heart of a number of programs on GAO’s list of troubled federal initiatives.
Modernization
ESRI, DISA, acquisitions and the cloud
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
DHS wants to EASE into new cyber defenses
Enterprise automated security environment is a way of thinking, not a specific system, says a DHS request for information.
Acquisition
CTO to agencies: Be a good customer
One way of being a better customer, says federal CTO Megan Smith, is to develop a contracting process more in touch with vendors.
Modernization
DoD seeks refresh for OneSource website
An RFI seeks new thinking on how to deliver programs and services.
Acquisition
Pentagon submits acquisition reform ideas to Congress
DOD sees acquisition overhaul as a key element in maintaining the country's technological edge.
Acquisition
GSA unveils prices-paid tool for Alliant
The tool shares detailed data on past task orders to help agencies conduct market research and develop better cost estimates.
Modernization
GSA cloud, Marine Corps guidance and a UK cyber deal
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
New policies are cause for contractor optimism
Several activities in the new Congress signal a shift in spending and strategy that will require increased support from contractors.
Acquisition
DHA readies $10 billion IT contract
A final indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity IT services solicitation is expected in the third quarter of 2015.
Acquisition