DHS sunsets its Acquisition Planning Forecast System
The portal providing vendors and the public with a look at what purchases were coming up will come to an end Oct. 30.
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Procurement
DHS consolidates software purchasing under $2.7B Carahsoft contract
The agencywide blanket purchase agreement brings a streamlined procurement vehicle for licenses and other services from 70-plus vendors, of which Carahsoft is a sole distributor.
How government and industry can leverage AI to transform the federal IT marketplace
AI's rise is challenging longstanding assumptions about how government buys — and industry builds — federal technology solutions.
The revolving door for tech officials at Trump’s DHS
IT leaders at the agency have flirted with the boundaries of ethical and legal limits with various ties to federal contractors, government experts say.
DHS plans $440M governmentwide investment in biometric capture devices
The government plans to award at least three indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts for each of its identified tracks: fingerprint, face, iris, palm and multimodal.
DOGE, DHS axed IT contracts to save money. Watchdog says it didn’t work
The contract audit conducted by the Government Accountability Office is part of a forthcoming series of reports that aim to uncover the impact of last year’s cost-cutting…
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ICE moves forward on procuring thousands of shock gloves
The Department of Homeland Security unit will spend more than $16.7 million on 6,650 of the “conductive distraction and de-escalation” devices made by Compliant Technologies.
Federal business system modernization: New clues regarding readiness, reality and the road ahead
A new study comparing modernization efforts at federal agencies versus commercial organizations reveals key gaps in transitioning from legacy systems to modern, cloud-based platforms — and opportunities…
Trump orders big change to federal contracting structures
The president’s latest executive order requires agencies to shift away from cost-reimbursement contracts, making fixed-price deals the “default” approach to procurement.
Agencies fall short on documenting AI acquisition best practices, GAO says
A new report from the congressional watchdog found that agencies are not “systematically collecting lessons learned from AI acquisitions.”