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The U.S. General Services Administration serves as the backbone of the government contracting sector, and as such, it’s responsible for delivering top-notch customer experience and value in technology services to the government and American citizens. One component of GSA in particular, Technology Transformation Services, carries much of this missi...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded six companies positions on a potential 10-year, $15 billion contract to help manage and support the distribution of medical, surgical, laboratory and dental supplies to VA medical centers and other government agencies. VA’s Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor Generation-Z Version 1 is a multiple-award, inde...

The Department of Defense has been working on creating a Defense Industrial Base cybersecurity strategy that is expected to be released by the end of the year, according to DOD Acting Principal Deputy CIO David McKeown, a 2023 Wash100 Award winner.  “If you’ve done business with us, you know that there’s a variety of folks withi...

Parsons (NYSE: PSN) has appointed government and industry veterans Andrew Weber and Richard Varos to its strategic advisory boards focused on federal solutions and critical infrastructure, respectively. Weber brings to the federal solutions advisory board three decades of government service, including a five-year stint as assistant secretary of defe...

Blue Origin has received a potential $3.4 billion contract from NASA to develop a human landing system for the Artemis V lunar mission. The company said Friday it will work with Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Boeing (NYSE: BA), Astrobotic, Draper and Honeybee Robotics to design, develop, test and demonstrate its Blue Moon lander under the...

J&J Worldwide Services holds a spot on a potential 10-year, $75 billion contract managed by the Department of Health and Human Services and is eligible to pursue task orders to help HHS manage influx care facilities. The company said Monday it will compete for work under the contract’s direct care, facilities management and wrap-around ser...

Department of Defense leaders are facing a tsunami of data and wrestling with the question of how exactly to best use and harness it. As the data influx continues to swell, government and industry executives are working to identify areas for improvement within their organizations. “We’re in a world where the sensors far outnumber our...

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification has been divisive throughout its creation over the last decade-plus, but especially since its implementation in 2017 as a requirement for defense industrial base organizations. As part of the initiative, contracting companies working with the Department of Defense must have their cyber protection system...