Prospective federal cloud providers will gain visibility with ‘FedRAMP in Process’

With a stacked congressional legislative agenda, hopping on the NDAA wagon may be the best way to pass the MGT Act.

The Professional Services Council hosted an event to help contractors navigate the possibility of an unprecedented one-party government shutdown. The federal debt ceiling is also getting tight.

The four-year contract went to Herndon, Virginia-based ManTech and includes two possible three-year extensions worth an additional $270 million.

With agencies looking fervently for any efficiency they can find in their reform plans, the benefits of shared services have become quite sought after.

The contract’s consolidation of network infrastructure and web services is another piece in the government’s move to update its information technology.

The agency said that it planned to upgrade its telecommunications operations in the Pacific Rim next year with a shift away from legacy systems.

Just as GSA starts implementing its new telecommunications contract, there’s a possibility it may have to revisit at least a portion of the deal.

TSA is hosting an open competition on Challenge.gov to improve airport screening equipment.

GSA officials are keen not to repeat the years-long shift they saw when agencies transitioned to EIS predecessor Networx a decade ago.

DISA launched a new pilot recently expanding its Department of Defense Mobility Classified Capability-Secret Program to 8-inch tablets.

The “Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017,” co-sponsored by Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Cory Gardner, R-Colo, mandates that any IoT product sold to the government must be able to receive software patches in case of a discovered vulnerability.

DHS issued a sources sought solicitation Aug. 1 for architecture, development and platform technical services, largely anchored around a move to modernized cloud computing capabilities.

After almost two years in development, the General Services Administration has awarded its $50 billion telecommunications contract.

GSA’s innovation arm, 18F, has its sights set on changing the way the federal government authorizes what software it buys.

Two days after calling for more technology to support border security, Hurd introduced new legislation to provide just that.

Executives from eight of the 11 winning firms put their competitive differences aside to pen a letter to DHS Chief Procurement Officer Soraya Correa.

The Navy SEALs will soon have their six covered when it comes to drones.

The Texas congressman said he would like to see an interoperable technology network for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's border security operations.

NASA is looking for a contractor to provide information technology and cloud computing for its headquarters operations.

GSA officials gave agencies more detail about its highly-anticipated new Special Item Number for the CDM program, set to debut this summer.

The agency reissued its presolicitation for the $553 million contract to service its High Performance Computing program.

Verizon will serve as the subcontractor to provide wireless service under the contract, FedScoop has learned.

The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program released a new baseline for its proposed software-as-a-service cloud solution for a second round of public comment.

While agile development is driving innovation in the IT and government services realms, two DHS officials say it should stretch to the contracting office.

The Department of Commerce is reaching out to industry stakeholders to find out how to move its cybersecurity operations to the cloud.

With the awarding of the GSA’s eagerly anticipated telecommunications contract on the horizon, officials want agencies to start planning for it now.

Three provisions are set to sunset in late 2018 and 2019.

Democrats don't necessarily have a problem with Alan Thomas, the new head of the Federal Acquisition Service. The problem, they say, is the sequence of events that put him in charge.

The move will add significant difficulty for federal agencies to buy and use the company’s cybersecurity products.

FedRAMP is asking industry how to automate its Authority to Operate process to streamline cloud service to federal agencies.

The Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental listed a solicitation for a commercially available solution that can "actively vet applications to standards on DoD mobile devices, limiting downloads of certain applications, and stopping malicious activities."

The General Services Administration has partnered with the Department of Veterans Affairs to make it easier to for the agencies to find veteran-owned vendors on acquisition supply schedules.

The Defense Department lacks a comprehensive strategy to maintain prototyping and innovation initiatives, a new GAO report found.

The agency seeks proposals from contractors that will improve processing times for the FASt Lane program.

An updated regulation requires all vendors who do business with the department to more safely guard "covered defense information" that is transmitted to or stored in their systems or networks for contracted work.

OPM is looking for "commercially available alternatives" to its federal retirement Trust Funds accounting system.

The contract was first awarded in 2015 but was quickly protested by Northrup Grumman.

CSRA will provide transition services as the DOD rolls out the first phase of milCloud 2.0.

Security in the cloud is still a major concern for federal CIOs, but it's not the leading concern it once was, according to Teresa Carlson.

"We had an agile process for doing the solicitation and the evaluation, but we fell back to a waterfall documentation process, which caused us some problems," DHS Chief Procurement Officer Soraya Correa said.

Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Tom Sharpe and his deputy Kevin Youel-Page issued their resignations, both effective June 24.

State will cap the contract at a maximum value of $850 million, according to a request for proposals.

The General Services Administration will reorganize its Technology Transformation Service after only a year, putting the agile-focused TTS under the more traditional Federal Acquisition Service and appointing a new FAS head, FedScoop has learned.

Agencies and policymakers must do more to support digital service teams, a new report from the IBM Center says.

The tech company will develop and operate next-generation IT support for Environmental Protection Agency research facilities and locations nationwide.

What began as a federal IT project to support the nation's first responders has devolved into a turf war over who will control the radio waves.

The department has made solid progress on implementing FITARA, but the office of the chief information officer could be doing more, a new report says.

Seven vendors have received prioritization to work with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, or FedRAMP, to pursue cloud authorizations as part of its Connect process.

The Virginia-based company has been awarded a $57 million task order by the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts for support of the agency’s IT security office.

By June states should have a draft plan for the nation’s first public safety network to decide whether they will opt in or out of the program later this fall.

The Trump administration is poised to continue leaning on the innovative practices introduced under President Barack Obama, particularly as agencies' budgets are set to be cut, leading federal procurement officials said Thursday.

In this contributed commentary, DCode42's Andrew McMahon dives into the looming issues that plague government technology.

The company will support the agency's high-performance computing systems as well as its scientific visualization hardware and software.

Until recently, the Department of Homeland Security's component agencies weren't giving proper scrutiny to non-major acquisition programs, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.

The VA proposes migrating its Veterans Information Systems and Technology Architecture, better known as VistA, to a COTS, software-as-a-service platform.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is looking for information on a commercial-off-the-shelf solution that could help them aggregate and interpret "data relating to inmate reintegration into the community."

The telecom company is set to provide voice-over-internet-protocol service and a hosted contact center to the General Services Administration's Federal Acquisition Service.

Planned cost and schedule estimates for most of 18 Defense Department major automated information system programs changed from their original baselines, according to a new report.

America's first nationwide interoperable wireless network for public safety finally has a builder.

The White House Office of American Innovation will initially focus on issues such as federal technology modernization, technology procurement and overhauling systems at the Department of Veterans Affairs.