KBR has received a potential five-year, $445 million recompete task order to help expand capabilities for the Department of Defense’s Joint Mission Environment Test Capability, or JMETC, Program. The company said Monday it will support the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Test Resource Management Center, or TRMC, in broadening test and e...
The Department of Defense’s budget for fiscal year 2024 was $824.3 billion, a sizable amount of which was devoted to acquisition and procurement from the industrial base. Thousands or perhaps even hundreds of thousands of companies, from two-person startups to multi-billion dollar enterprises in their own right vied for these contracts, which cove...
Leidos has appointed IT industry leader Tim Gilday as vice president of enterprise digital experience practice and human resources executive Tracee Sanders as VP of HR. Gilday and Sanders announced their appointments in separate LinkedIn posts published Tuesday. Tim Gilday Prior to Leidos, he was emerging technology senior director at General Dynami...
By Maryam Emdadi, Vice President of Sales at Carahsoft Technology disruption and rising cloud costs are forcing public sector agencies to rethink their digital transformation roadmaps. Artificial intelligence and 5G promise revolutionary capabilities, but they also demand unprecedented computing power — and many agencies are discovering their...
By Nancy Patel, General Manager of Commercial at Unison The Contractor Purchasing System Review, a.k.a. CPSR, represents a comprehensive assessment for government contractors, digging into every aspect of their procurement activities. This evaluation extends beyond routine audits, scrutinizing processes from the initial acquisition of goods and serv...
By Dante Ricci, Global Marketing Team Lead for Services, Financial Services and Public Services Industries at SAP Government efficiency is an eternal topic, but rarely has it gotten such attention. That’s what happens when tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, co-lead of a prospective Department of Government Efficiency, suggests eliminating close to one-...
By Alka Bhave, President of Fearless Digital The White House’s recent decision to remove unnecessary degree requirements from major federal IT contracts marks a pivotal shift in government technology. With GSA eliminating degree requirements for IT and cybersecurity jobs in its Polaris and Alliant 3 contracts, and the Departments of...
With a new presidential administration on the horizon, government healthcare initiatives could be taken in any number of directions. However, through periods of change, trust that the industrial base serving the government’s needs is the common denominator you can count on. As the healthcare sector evolves, contractors play a central role in drivi...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond The Department of Defense released its long-awaited Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program final rule (32 CFR Part 170) on October 11. Announced in 2019 by the Pentagon as a response to growing cybersecurity threats targeting sensitive defense information, the CMMC program aims to es...
In today’s digital world, data is king. With the power to unlock important insights and inform decisions, data is increasingly critical, and federal agencies are prioritizing it as such. GovCon Wire sat down with Dawn Sedgley, chief operating officer at cBEYONData, during a recent Executive Spotlight interview to learn more about data aggregation...
