The Department of Homeland Security and the General Services Administration have extended the deadlines for solicitation responses to two separate information technology contracts reserved for small businesses. DHS posted a notice Thursday on SAM.gov to inform vendors of a 14-day extension and they can submit second phase bids for FirstSource III co...
Sealing Technologies has won a $168.5 million task order to help the U.S. Marine Corps implement a suite of tools designed for executing defensive cyber operations. The veteran-owned company will develop self-contained defense cyber weapons systems for Marine Corps DCO teams to analyze vulnerabilities, map the cyber terrain and respond to incidents,...
Don Parente, a 25-year veteran of AT&T (NYSE: T), has been named a vice president at MetTel‘s federal business where he will be responsible for driving sales to the Department of Defense and through systems integrators. In his new capacity, Parente will aim to expand MetTel’s business with defense organizations and oversee its collaborat...
The General Services Administration has listed several upcoming improvements to the entity validation process at SAM.gov. The forthcoming changes were informed by user and industry feedback and include step-by-step instructions for selecting an entity from the search results, a feature to ask for all entity data upfront in order for the user to have...
John Mengucci, president and CEO for CACI International, was presented his 2022 Wash100 Award by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to the company’s office. Executive Mosaic is excited to announce and recognize John Mengucci as a three-time winner of the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon), w...
Exiger was tapped by the General Services Administration to provide federal government agencies with risk management services to help them flag supply chain vulnerabilities and address threats to the supplier ecosystem. Under a multiyear, $74.5 million contract, Exiger will offer its third-party and supply chain risk management capability to help us...
In many ways, the U.S. General Services Administration effectively serves as the back office of the entire federal government. GSA is the largest property manager in the world, the third largest design and construction company in North America and the third largest fleet manager in the world — the agency even outranks the Smithsonian as...
The United States government is contending with evolving adversaries in a global race for advanced technology. As competition intensifies, it’s clear that modernization is no longer an option, but a requirement. Now, federal leaders are working to simultaneously harness the power of emerging technologies while modernizing its outdated legacy syste...
With the threat of cyberattacks on the rise, the U.S. military is making cyber defense capabilities a top priority. The cyber domain of today is highly volatile; our adversaries are becoming more sophisticated in their cyber warfare tactics, and any vulnerability within an organization’s IT environment can and will be exploited. “We’re not...
The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council has announced the appointment of government and industry leaders Scott Simpson, Sandy Barsky and Terrell Russell to its technology acquisition program, FedScoop reported Wednesday. Simpson, digital transformation lead at the Department of Homeland Security, has assumed the role of gov...
