Acquisition
OASIS SB kicks off with training session
GSA held a seminar for awardees just days after the last protests against the contracting vehicle were dismissed.
Modernization
Disruptive defense tech, IC transparency, GSA's newest BPAs and a $427M bid protest
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
Census, cyber, satellites and soccer
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
Four to six teams expected to bid on Defense health record effort
Military health care providers detailed their needs to industry in advance a decade-long multi-billion electronic health record procurement, while inside DOD an effort is underway to improve current data to pave the way for a new provider.
Acquisition
Veteran DOD procurement official Ginman to retire
Richard Ginman is leaving the Pentagon after four decades in government and commercial contracting.
Acquisition
Looking ahead in procurement can pay dividends for agencies
The spotlight on troubled federal IT project might loosen the purse strings a bit, suggests Capitol Solutions CEO David Taylor.
Acquisition
IT reform, DISA telecom and OASIS SB
News and notes from around the federal IT community
Modernization
HealthCare.gov report, cloud working groups at NIST, DynCorp wins again and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
SAIC looks to make cyber services easier to buy
A new cybersecurity consulting service bets on simplicity and automation.
Modernization
Cloud: Are we there yet?
Maria Roat, Kevin Dulany and others discuss what's next for FedRAMP.
Acquisition
DoD releases update to electronic health record plan
The Department of Defense is close to releasing a final solicitation for its long-awaited electronic health record solution.
Acquisition
FCC targets cyber role, NOAA inks IT deal, IBM eyes EHR and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
Pentagon, Congress seek to avoid acquisition 'Groundhog Day'
Policymakers attempting to revamp how the military buys and manages weapons and IT systems will have to overcome bureaucratic inertia and the tendency of reform efforts to repeat themselves.
Modernization
A story that makes federal IT look good
Steve Kelman notes two important messages about agencies' ability to amplify their impact.
Modernization
GSA analysis shows data storage purchases increasing
Call center, data storage and network restoration services are among the fastest movers under GSA’s Networx contract vehicle.
Acquisition
Acting DOD CIO goes public
Terry Halvorsen offers transparency and better data in town hall-style appearance before vendors.
Acquisition
House bill seeks to reform DHS buying habits
The measure also would make DHS' CIO the lead technical authority for that agency's IT acquisition programs.
Modernization
TSA looks to cloud providers for disaster recovery
The move is part of a broader plan to move the DHS component to virtual services.
Modernization
NTIA spectrum update, VA's wait-time audit, CAMEO task orders and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization