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Commerce OCIO recruits Director of Customer Success & Chief of Staff
This experienced Federal IT leader, with demonstrated success in the public and private sectors integrating people, processes, and technology to...
DHS Draft RFQ: ORR Technical Support Services
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DOJ awards $5M Criminal Division CPM Services task
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Small Business wins USDA NASS Automated Imputation System contract
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DOL CIO on modernization driving FITARA scorecard improvements
“DoL CIO Gundeep Ahluwalia praised his department’s commitment to modernization as a driving factor in DoL going from a...
DHS FEMA RFI: IPAWS Management Support
Notice ID: FEMA-RFI-2022IPAWS “The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) is a national system that supports local alerting...
Treasury RFP: Legal Holds, Identification, Preservation & Collection (HIPC) Left Side Technology Support Services
Notice ID: 2031JW21R00006 “The scope of this PWS is for eDiscovery solutions to support the OCC’s internal legal holds,...
Gray Tier Technologies recruits growth leader Sarah Tjoumas as Director of Federal Services
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Smartronix taps industry leader Tracy Hobiena as Cloud Program Director
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Slalom recruits analytics SME Malinda Reynolds from IBM Watson Health
Malinda Reynolds, armed with more than a decade of progressively responsible analytics roles in the Federal IT sector, has...
SEC RFP: Integrated Professional Acquisition Support Services 2.0 (iPASS 2.0)
Notice ID 50310221R0008 Related Notice 50310221R0008 “The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) mission is to protect investors, maintain...
GAO: Significant attention needed to address high-risk Federal cybersecurity areas
“Why GAO Did This Study The effective management and protection of IT has been a longstanding challenge in the...
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“The Biden Administration revealed its $769 billion discretionary request for non-defense spending on Friday, April 9th for fiscal year...
Press Release: B3 Group Welcomes Dave Jost as Director of Infrastructure Optimization
“B3 Group is pleased to announce that Dave Jost has joined our team as Director of Infrastructure Optimization. Mr....
Update: $23M DHS S&T Financial Management & Operations Support task
Nearly 8 months after DHS made an initial award, only to see a stop work order imposed, the Department of...
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Small Business scores $61M EPA OGWDW/DWPD IT Systems Support contract
This small business provider of information management and financial management solutions to the Federal Government for more than 25 years,...
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DHS US Coast Guard awards 5-year IDIQ for Program Management Support Services
8(a) HUBZone small business Space Metrics beat out 17 other bidders to be awarded a 5-year, $1.5M IDIQ for...
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This HUBZone 8(a) small business, focused on delivering Information Technology, Infrastructure, Management Consulting, Staffing and e-Business Solutions to the...
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Only months after announcing a major merger, this provider of expertise and industry-leading data and analytics solutions, and part...
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This 8(a) small business with listed capabilities in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), Data Science, Cloud Engineering, Big Data, Advanced...
Treasury awards $42M BFS Complex Customer Onboarding and Migration Support Services BPA
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“Cognosante recently appointed Kevin Mostek as the company’s new Corporate Development Officer. In this newly created role, Mostek will...
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Government Matter Video: IRS Chief Procurement Officer on Enterprise Development, Operations Services solicitation
“The Internal Revenue Service has a new solicitation on the street for the Enterprise Development Operations Services contract, which...
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“DoL CIO Gundeep Ahluwalia praised his department’s commitment to modernization as a driving factor in DoL going from a...
GAO: Significant attention needed to address high-risk Federal cybersecurity areas
“Why GAO Did This Study The effective management and protection of IT has been a longstanding challenge in the...
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CPSC OIG: Evaluation of Federal Data Strategy implementation
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FedScoop: Technology Modernization Fund use may be worked into the FITARA scorecard
“Agency and industry experts want the House Government Operations Subcommittee to consider grading agencies on their use of the...
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“Rob Brown, chief technology officer (CTO) at the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), today...
MeriTalk: USPTO Taking Multiple Paths to Improve Agency Cybersecurity
“At the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), cybersecurity is at the forefront of mission goals that include transitioning...
Three CMMC acquisition rules to become permanent
“Three Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplements (DFARS) related to the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)...
FedScoop: USCIS automating pre-processing of immigration cases
“U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is focused on automating functions that will help pre-process immigration cases for adjudication, according...
DHS Draft RFQ: ORR Technical Support Services
ID RFQ1486105 “The purpose of this effort is to establish a single award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to obtain...
DHS FEMA RFI: IPAWS Management Support
Notice ID: FEMA-RFI-2022IPAWS “The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) is a national system that supports local alerting...
Treasury RFP: Legal Holds, Identification, Preservation & Collection (HIPC) Left Side Technology Support Services
Notice ID: 2031JW21R00006 “The scope of this PWS is for eDiscovery solutions to support the OCC’s internal legal holds,...
SEC RFP: Integrated Professional Acquisition Support Services 2.0 (iPASS 2.0)
Notice ID 50310221R0008 Related Notice 50310221R0008 “The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) mission is to protect investors, maintain...
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ID RFQ1485696 “The Department of the Interior (DOI), Interior Business Center (IBC), Acquisition Services Directorate (AQD) Division V, Branch...
NRC RFP: Operations Center Information Management System (OCIMS) IDIQ
Notice ID 31310021R0019 “I. Background…” “The components of the OCIMS systems and infrastructure are designed to support this regulatory...
DHS OCFO RFQ: Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) BPA
RFQ IDRFQ1485868 “The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) has a requirement to provide...
DOI Sources Sought: Software Maintenance and Development Support Services (Edge/Continuous Waveform Buffer and Hydra)
Notice ID: 140G0221Q0074 “The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Geologic Hazards Science Center’s Advanced National Seismic Network (ANSS) Project, Golden,...
HUD RFI: Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology
Notice ID: OIG2021SS “Specifically, HUD OIG is seeking a comprehensive software solution to ingest, analyze and provide visual representation...
DOS Sources Sought: ECA Information Technology Transformation Services
Notice ID: 19AQMM21N0025 Background The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA/EX/IT) within the Department of State (DOS), is...
NASA Sources Sought: Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) and Related Systems
Notice ID 80ARC021-ASRS-SS-RAJ “NASA ARC operates and manages the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) a voluntary, independent, non-punitive, confidential...
DHS ICE Industry Day: Repository for Analytics in a Virtualized Environment (RAVEn)
Updated April 15, 2021 Notice ID: HSICE-RAVEN-04142021 “A Virtual Industry Day held via Microsoft Teams is scheduled for Wednesday,...
DOI RFP: Statistical Production Modernization and App Development Support for BEA Estimation IT System (BEA-EITS)
Notice ID 140D0421R0024 “Background – The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is an agency of the Department of Commerce....
DOJ RFI: Threat Screening Center IT Development, O&M, Service Desk and Enterprise Services
Notice ID: TSC011421RFIDev-OM-SD-ESS “CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS This RFI is open to 8(a) Small Businesses using NAICS 541519 for market research...
DOI BLM Sources Sought: Information Technology Support Services (ITOSS) II
ID RFQ1485195 “Scope – This Performance Work Statement (PWS) identifies a range of possible Task Order (TO) requirements...
Commerce NTIA Sources Sought: Help Desk Support Services
ID RFQ1485495 “BACKGROUND – The Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) provides research and development support for the National Telecommunications...
Update: Protest of DEA Technical Support Services requirement dismissed
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Update: Protest of DHS FEMA Agile, Integrated, and Survivor-centric Model Transformation support task dismissed
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Update: Protest of $75M Library of Congress Agile Development and System Integration IDIQ denied
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Update: Protest of $330M SSA ITSS RFQ denied
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Update: Protest of USDA LMPRS and MARS IT and O&M Support Services requirement denied
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Federal Civilian Protests, Protests, Protests
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Update: Protest of CFPB Cloud Engineering BPA withdrawn
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