Modernization
Modernization Board Awards Half Its First Year Funding to Three Projects
They are the first projects to receive Modernizing Government Technology funds.
Emerging Tech
Military Seeks New Tech to Weaponize Information
The military wants to know what technology can do to improve information warfare.
Modernization
GSA Announces New Start Date for $50B IT Service Contract After Legal Challenges
The Alliant 2 Unrestricted contract awards survived four lawsuits, but the delay means a later start and a later end date.
Modernization
Pentagon’s Second Multibillion Cloud Contract to Be Bid in Coming Months
Officials say the Defense Department’s multibillion Defense Enterprise Office Solutions contract is expected to be bid out in the fourth quarter of this fiscal year.
Ideas
Advancing Threats Necessitate New Approach to Defense Technology Acquisition
Collaboration is one way to develop an edge over competitors.
Modernization
Pentagon Answers JEDI Pricing Questions But No RFP Yet
For the first time, the Pentagon’s JEDI cloud procurement has hit a time snag.
Modernization
GAO Rules Against Pentagon's Experimental $950 Million Cloud Deal
The Government Accountability Office recommended the Defense Department terminate a contract awarded to REAN Cloud in February.
Emerging Tech
How the NGA App Store Put Tech Acquisition in Top Gear
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency can bring innovative software tools to government in as little as a few months.
Cybersecurity
Central Command Needs High-Level Middle East Cyber Ops Advisers, Fast
CENTCOM wants the new contractors in place by September.
Emerging Tech
Lawmakers Question Defense's Cloud, the President's Phone and BTW, TL;DR
Those unresolved Government Accountability Office recommendations could haunt agencies during budget time.
Modernization
Veterans IT Office Wants Support Through Transformation Process
The offices focused on the department’s IT infrastructure are looking for support services to help manage through a reorganization.
Cybersecurity
GSA Wants to Modernize How the Government Buys Cybersecurity Services
The agency wants to update its slate of “highly adaptive cybersecurity services.”
Digital Government
U.S. Digital Service Will Teach You How to Buy the Latest Tech
Federal employees can learn best practices for digital procurement in a new certification program.
Digital Government
Census Bureau Goes Tech Shopping for 2020 Count
The bureau is looking for help with background vetting, app testing and other prep for the decennial.
Policy
GSA to Host Another E-Commerce Portal Industry Day
The agency will solicit information from vendors interested in hosting the platform and another for selling on it.
Modernization
Microsoft Scores Big Cloud Deal with Intel Community
The announcement could improve the company’s chances for the Defense Department’s JEDI competition.
Digital Government
Pentagon's EHR Setbacks ‘Don't Bode Well’ for Potential Veterans Affairs Rollout
The Veterans Affairs Department will be looking to avoid mistakes made thus far by the Pentagon.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon Wants Cloud Secure Enough to Hold Nuke Secrets
The Pentagon’s JEDI cloud will be designed to store the government’s most sensitive classified information, including nuclear secrets.
Modernization
GSA Needs Vendor Volunteers to Test FedBizOpps API
Companies have until May 25 to volunteer to test the new API interface between FBO.gov and beta.SAM.gov.
Emerging Tech