VA T4NG2 court case continues with two dozen protests remaining

The Veterans Affairs Department has added three protesters to the pool of winners, but 24 unhappy bidders face a July 14 deadline to decide whether to continue their legal fight. One company has dropped its legal challenge involving the Veterans Affairs Department’s massive T4NG2 contract, but two dozen protests remain open at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. […]
Parsons acquires Chesapeake Technologies in $89M transaction

Parsons is looking to beef up its technology portfolio for the electromagnetic spectrum, or what CTI calls the “invisible battlefield.” Parsons Corp. has acquired Chesapeake Technology International, an integrator of software for defense and intelligence agencies, in a transaction announced Tuesday being valued at $89 million. CTI opened for business in 2000 to focus on cybersecurity […]
Emagine IT hires former Mitre exec as CEO

Cedric Sims joins the 23-year-old company to lead the next phase of its strategy in areas such as cyber, automation and tech architecture. Emagine IT has hired a new chief executive in Cedric Sims, a 25-year public sector market veteran and former member of Mitre Corp.’s senior leadership team. Sims joins the government technology services provider […]
Navy seeks unmanned heavy-lift aircraft for Marine Corps supply mission

The service branch will go outside the traditional procurement lanes to acquire a platform that can carry 1,300 pounds and operate in a 115-mile range. The Navy plans to use an other transaction authority process to field a long-range, heavy-lift cargo aircraft that will be unmanned. The Naval Air Systems Command has posted a request for information to […]
The faulty assumptions behind the OneGov Strategy

Jon Johnson, former GSA official, describes the fallacies he sees driving the General Services Administration’s desire consolidate the buying of so-called common IT goods and services. The General Services Administration continues to advance the OneGov Strategy as a means for the federal government to engage with private-sector technology companies to meet public sector needs. The core […]