Cherokee Federal, the federal contracting division of Cherokee Nation Businesses, has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in consulting firm Management Science and Innovation, or MSI. The Tulsa, Oklahoma-based company said Tuesday the acquisition is the second investment made by Sovereign Capital, Cherokee Federal’s growth capit...
Former CACI executive Diana Leadbetter has joined Clarity Innovations as chief human resources officer. She announced the appointment in a LinkedIn post on Monday. Who Is Diana Leadbetter? Leadbetter most recently served as senior vice president of human resources at CACI, where she led one of the three sectors responsible for the development and ex...
Applied Information Sciences, or AIS, a provider of cloud and artificial intelligence technologies for the federal government, has acquired Dorrean. AIS said Thursday that the transaction is part of its efforts to expand its presence in the U.S. federal market and is in line with its goal of investing in high-impact mission areas. What i...
By Dan Coleman, general manager of federal civilian at Microsoft As both industry and federal agencies look ahead to fiscal year 2026, artificial intelligence is no longer a future-state technology. It’s a present-day imperative. Agencies across government have already begun using AI to improve productivity, unlock insight from compl...
NASA has awarded a contract worth up to $98 million to ASRC Federal System Solutions for financial, project planning and control support services. The Program Analysis and Control Bridge Contract has a 13-month period of performance that commenced on May 24 and includes cost-plus-fixed-fee and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity components, the ...
By Aparna Achanta, Principal Security Lead, IBM Shadow software-as-a-service refers to unauthorized cloud applications used within an organization. Shadow SaaS is a challenge in modern IT governance. IT teams lack oversight and monitoring of unapproved applications making it difficult to effectively govern shadow SaaS. A recent NextDLP survey o...
The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a contract valued at $115 million to Ames Federal to replace a Hyrum Dam spillway in Cache County, Utah. According to an award notice posted on SAM.gov Friday, the company will remove the existing and build a new spillway for the 1930s-era facility. Contract Details ...
By Venkatapathi “PV” Puvvada, CEO of NetImpact Strategies Understanding the Cost of Technical Debt in Federal IT The United States has long struggled with managing its financial debt—borrowing beyond its means, deferring payments and accumulating obligations that eventually come due. The same holds true for technical debt, the si...
Felicia Nchinda, a seasoned executive with two decades of industry experience, has been elevated to vice president of federal health at DMI. The digital services and information technology services provider said Monday Nchinda will lead its federal health portfolio and manage relationships with the Centers for Disease Control and Preventio...
By Kim Koster, Vice President of Industry Marketing at Unanet The world of federal contracting is in a state of transition, driven by shifting policy priorities, delayed contract awards and workforce changes within government agencies. Contractors who pivot in response to these evolving dynamics by proactively adjusting their business developme...
