Several technology companies and industry groups wrote a letter Tuesday to President Joe Biden urging him to ensure that the federal government prioritize the procurement of commercial software and tech platforms over custom-built systems in accordance with federal acquisition rules. Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR), Govini, Palantir Technologies (NY...
The Professional Services Council has called on Congress to provide funding for cybersecurity and information technology modernization efforts as it drafts an infrastructure package that would coincide with the Biden administration’s American Jobs Plan. The SolarWinds breach and other recent cyberattacks and the new executive order on cybersecurit...
Faryar Shirzad, most recently global co-head of the office of government affairs at Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), has joined Coinbase Global (Nasdaq: COIN) as chief policy officer. He will engage with regulators, lawmakers and other policymakers to address issues surrounding the cryptoeconomy and realize its full potential, Coinbase said Monday. S...
Precision Aviation Group has acquired Keystone Turbine Services for an undisclosed sum in a move to grow maintenance, repair and overhaul service offerings in the aerospace market. KTS is headquartered in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, and performs MRO work on the Rolls-Royce M250 gas turbine engine series with approval of the original equipment manufac...
Deloitte has been awarded a five-year, $115 million task order to provide information system support services to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Friday. The company received the Manufacturing Execution System order through the General Services Administration’s Alliant 2 contract. According to Deloitte, its MES o...
Maximus‘ (NYSE: MMS) U.K. business arm has received four contracts from the country’s Ministry of Justice for delivery of education, training and employment support to over 45,000 people overseen by a statutory criminal justice service. The company will help National Probation Service users across London, the North West, the West Midland...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has won a five-year, $1.1 billion task order to support the Department of Veterans Affairs in benefits processing, management and delivery efforts, G2Xchange Health reported Wednesday. The company will help with VA’s Benefits Integration initiative, which focuses on reusing and expanding technologies used for th...
BAE Systems has won a potential $164 million contract from the U.S. Navy to design new mechanical components for a shipborne missile canister system installed on destroyers and cruisers. The company said Tuesday it will design, develop, test and sustain components of the Mk 41 Vertical Launch System‘s legacy and existing configurations. BAE...
Mark Forman, former federal chief information officer, has been appointed executive vice president for enterprise optimization and transformation practice at Dynamic Integrated Services, GovCon Wire has learned. He will oversee a team of digital transformation professionals in advising government officials as they implement new business platforms me...
The General Services Administration‘s Information Technology Vendor Management Office is soliciting ideas from industry on how to encourage open dialogue between providers and agencies. GSA launched a crowdsourcing campaign and a request for information to gather feedback on both strategic and tactical matters. The effort falls under the Offic...
