The Office of Strategic Capital was stood up in December of last year, marking a decisive move by the Department of Defense to direct financial support to the technology industry. OSC is particularly interested in funding projects and organizations related to “advanced materials, next-generation biotechnology and quantum computing,” per rep...
Pluribus Digital will help the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services manage biometric information under a four-year, $135 million task order awarded through the General Services Administration’s Multiple Award Schedule contract, Biometric Update reported Monday. The Falls Church, Virginia-based company was among the 10 bidders that pursued...
By Kim Koster, VP of Industry Marketing at Unanet In early 2013, during his second term in office, then-President Barack Obama signed the annual Defense Authorization Act, setting in motion a process to change the federal government’s small business contracting programs. That same year, the Defense Contract Audit Agency made small business a ...
By Mick Fox, Chief Operating Officer, TechnoMile In many ways, the contracts team within an aerospace and defense or government contracting organization plays the role of “air traffic control” for each federal contract — from those they consider pursuing (pre-flight), to those they win and manage (execution), to contract close-out (flight plan...
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...
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...
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...
The General Services Administration has named 14 representatives from public and private sectors as inaugural members of a federal panel that will advise and offer recommendations to the GSA administrator, the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s board and agencies with regard to the secure adoption of cloud computing products a...
Boecore, an Enlightenment Capital portfolio company, has purchased San Diego-based information system security technology provider La Jolla Logic in a strategy to offer a comprehensive suite of products and services designed to help customers defend against cyber threats. The deal provides Boecore with new offerings and access to additional governme...
The Food and Drug Administration is looking for 8(a) small businesses capable of providing professional, administrative and consulting services to support the agency’s public health mission. A notice posted Friday on SAM.gov stated that the FDA intends to award a competitive small business set-aside indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity cont...
