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The General Services Administration and the Small Business Administration have agreed to provide more contracting opportunities for 8(a) contractors and facilitate the use of the Multiple Award Schedule for agency customers under an updated partnership agreement for the program. GSA said Tuesday it is collaborating with SBA to create a new 8(a) pool...

Client Solution Architects has promoted Trinity Lefler, director of human resources and talent acquisition since August 2021, to a vice president role. Lefler oversees CSA’s workforce, processes and related resources in the United States, Germany, Japan and Italy, the company said Wednesday. She previously spent five years at General Dynamics&...

In recent years, major geopolitical events like the Russian re-invasion of Ukraine have taught global leaders important lessons about potential future conflicts, the importance of cybersecurity and the vulnerabilities adversaries can exploit. But how are these lessons translating into actions? Tina Dolph, president and chief operating officer for CR...

As modernization efforts sweep all areas of the federal government, obstacles previously hidden within legacy acquisition processes have revealed themselves, illuminating the need for a more productive approach.  The public sector has acknowledged the demand for innovative new methods, and in a climate where industry technology is more influent...

Due to the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare space has been pummeled over the last few years to answer the manifold and ever-growing needs of citizens. Many of these needs have solutions that can only be resolved through agencies’ information technology systems. “For us, during COVID, it was really about, how quickly can...

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...