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GSA and the Energy Department are trying to come up with approaches to bring down the ever-growing risk of cyber attacks to technology systems.

What are the biggest problems facing small contractors and what steps can they take to increase their chances of winning government contracts? Find out when Carroll Bernard of Waypoint America and Govology joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center.

AWS is challenging DoD’s decision to award the contract to Microsoft, saying the contracting process contained “clear deficiencies, errors, and unmistakable bias.”

Contractors cheered when Congress enacted limitations on the use of LPTA contracts by the Defense Department when buying professional services.

The Pentagon’s F-35 program office recently announced an agreement with Lockheed Martin for the next batch of nearly 500 of the hi-tech planes.

Larry Allen, the managing director of the Federal Market Access Group at BDO USA, outlines some initial concerns that contractors should be aware of as GSA consolidates 24 schedule contracts to one.

Stephanie Shutt, director of the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program Management Office, joined host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf to discuss the Federal Acquisition Service’s MAS consolidation initiative.

The Second Generation Information Technology (2GIT) blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) includes five line items such as data center, end user and network products.

Oracle is pressing ahead with its legal battle against the multibillion dollar cloud contract despite DoD’s surprise decision to award the deal to Microsoft.

The Department of Homeland Security released two solicitations seeking industry help to consolidate and modernize as many as 22 legacy financial management systems for a fifth time in the last 15 years.

Laura Stanton, GSA’s deputy assistant commissioner for category management in the Office of IT Category in the Federal Acquisition Service, said six-to-eight agencies will pilot this approach to small purchases over the next three years.

The Defense Department is balancing urgency and patience in deploying its new electronic health record system.

With more on this protest case, procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

The Defense Innovation Unit finally shows its cards on what it’s been working on the past few years.