Contracts/Awards

OMB’s draft cloud smart strategy is one of several ongoing efforts across the government to help agencies deliver services and modernize systems more quickly.

Patricia Davis-Muffett, director of Public Sector marketing for Amazon Web Services joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center for a wide ranging discussion of GovCon marketing. She also gives a preview of the upcoming AWS Public Sector Summit that begins on June 10th.

The Defense Department awarded a $75 million other transaction agreement to Perspecta, the contractor it hired a year ago to construct a separate piece of the National Background Investigation System.

House appropriators want to prevent the Pentagon from spending money to information to the JEDI Cloud contract until it meets several conditions.

DISA releases a request for information to industry for a government owned, contractor operated approach to back-office IT services and network consolidation and optimization.

In today’s Federal Newscast, Council 216 of the American Federation of Government Employees is urging the EEOC to push for more staff.

In today’s Federal Newscast, a bipartisan group in the House Veterans Affairs Committee wants more information about VA’s plans to curb sexual harassment.

Oracle filed an amended complaint to the Court of Federal Claims that provides more details to what it alleges a deep conflict of interest in the development of the $10 billion JEDI cloud program.

Tom Sisti, executive vice president and general counsel for the Coalition for Government Procurement joins host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf to discuss trends in cybersecurity and supply chain risk, and the findings in GSA’s eCommerce Market Research and Consultation report.

Federal contractors said the recent government shutdown was marked by confusion, lack of communication and unclear guidance from agencies about their responsibilities.

DIB SCC’s Mike Gordon and Steve Shirley joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to detail how they plan to help companies shore up the defense supply chain.

Oracle Corp. wrote letters to the leaders of the House and Senate armed services and appropriations committees explaining why they believe the Pentagon’s requirements for its JEDI cloud program are unreasonable and more oversight is needed.

Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president at the Professional Services Council, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about what the accelerated payments would mean for contractors.

Coast to Coast Computers submitted a pre-award protest of the 2nd Generation IT (2GIT) multiple award contract to the Government Accountability Office.