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The General Services Administration has dropped its solicitation for the Alliant 2 Small Business contract vehicle and announced plans to implement a new approach to its governmentwide acquisition contracts for small businesses to meet the federal government’s evolving information technology needs and security threats.

Atlas Research, with eKuber Ventures, has secured a $20 billion Chief Information Officer–Solutions and Partners 3 Small Business (CIO-SP3 SB) contract to provide federal government agencies with information technology (IT) solutions and services.

The General Services Administration has raised the ceiling value of the Streamlined Technology Application Resource for Services II contract for information technology vendors certified under the Small Business Administration 8(a) program from $15B to $22B.

Gary Hix, a 25-year information technology industry veteran, has been appointed chief technology officer at Hitachi Vantara’s federal arm.

The General Services Administration has indicated its follow-on, small business set-aside information technology procurement vehicle has a $50B ceiling value. GSA said in a presolicitation notice it could launch formal solicitations for the 8(a) STARS III governmentwide contract in two weeks.

The State Department is looking to introduce a potential $5B multiple-award contract to combine spending on information technology products, Bloomberg Government reported Friday.

Craig Janus, a 30-year information technology and telecommunications industry veteran, has been named senior vice president of the national security group at McLean, Va.-based government services contractor Preferred Systems Solutions.

George Kamis, chief technology officer for global governments and critical infrastructure at Forcepoint, recently took part in a Q&A session with GovConWire regarding government telework and the importance of multilevel cross domain security.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has issued a draft solicitation for a potential 10-year, $400M contract to provide identity, credential and access management support services for the Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense, Bloomberg Government reported Wednesday.

William “Bill” Marion, former deputy chief information officer of the U.S. Air Force, has joined Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal arm as managing director of growth and strategy within its defense and intelligence practice.