
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded a total of $23M in two-year contracts to GeoOptics and Spire Global for radio occultation data that the agency plans to use for operational weather forecasts. NOAA awarded the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts on Nov. 20 under the Commercial Weather Data Pilot program fo...
The Department of Defense transition team for President-elect Joe Biden will be led by Thomas Muir, director of Washington Headquarters Services, DoD News reported Wednesday. Muir told reporters at a press conference the department has a policy in place to guide its transition to the incoming administration....
The General Services Administration has informed President-elect Joe Biden through a letter that GSA will now make federal resources and services available to help facilitate the presidential transition, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. In an ascertainment letter obtained by the publication, GSA Administrator Emily Murphy said the agency wi...
The General Services Administration has finalized the award of a potential $810M governmentwide transportation contract to Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER) and Lyft, Reuters reported Monday. Both companies can start offering ride-hail services to federal employees and contractors nationwide under the five-year deal....
GovConWire’s Defense Digital Acquisition and Modernization Forum on Dec. 1 will feature an expert panel, composed of federal and industry leaders across the government contracting sector. The panel will address the DoD’s Software Acquisition Strategy, Defense Acquisition Workforce Development and the future of data and information technology mod...
Lani Kass, former senior vice president and corporate strategic advisor for CACI International (NYSE: CACI), has joined Redhorse's advisory board. She will share her expertise in the national security market to support Redhorse's engagement across the government's technology- and data-related pursuits, the company said Monday....
The U.S. Transportation Command has selected four more companies to deliver services for domestic air cargo and passenger charter under an existing $697M program led by the Federal Aviation Administration. The contractors will perform the said work in support of federal agencies, including those within the Department of Defense, through FAA's D...
During Potomac Officers Club’s Artificial Intelligence for Maneuver Virtual Event, Michèle Flournoy, co-founder and managing partner of WestExec Advisors, was featured in a fireside chat with Greg Wenzel, 2020 Wash100 Award recipient and executive vice president with Booz Allen Hamilton. Wenzel moderated the fireside chat by posing questions on t...
NTT DATA Services' federal government subsidiary has received a $23.3M task order from the Department of Homeland Security to support vulnerability assessment work at DHS' Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “The shift to telework means everyone, including the bad guys, are online more, which means agencies and organization...