Lisa Shea Mundt of The Pulse of GovCon joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the top issues issues facing small government contractors.
The Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University won a contract to help the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering review the contracting activities of DARPA.
The decision followed several months of market research, and represented a change from DoD’s initial plans for the contract.
More than 90% of GSA's contractors have signed agreements incorporating the mandate into their contracts, including 95% of vendors on GSA's Federal Supply Schedule.
GSA has begun development on Alliant 3, will begin releasing RFPs for the Polaris small business contract in January, and is prioritizing development of Services MAC, a follow-on to OASIS.
Steven Hernandez, Education’s chief information security officer, said interagency data-sharing initiatives to strengthen authentication for zero trust could also lay the groundwork for shared services around identity and authentication for zero trust.
Even simplified acquisitions can get an agency tied into knots. Attorney Joseph Petrillo joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin with details.
DHS was concerned the Pentagon's approach was too "heavy-handed." Now, officials think "CMMC 2.0" might leave gaps in contractor cybersecurity.
Michael LeJeune, partner and Federal Access program manager at RSM Federal, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss what small companies can do to grow their business.
Pat Flanders, the chief information officer at DHA, said the military services and defense agencies will see a more consistent and more secure set of technology tools.
The FAA is seeking new designs for control towers that are both functional and distinctive.
The Pentagon is encouraging defense contractors to up their cybersecurity game, but new requirements could take until 2023 to show up in contracts.
Imagine Nation, the annual leadership conference put on by the American Council for Technology Industry Advisory Council, returned to in-person earlier this week.
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have concluded the federal procurement system isn't nearly as competitive as it should or could be. For more on what they looked at and what they found, Federal Drive talked to Karam Kang, one of the project's co-authors
Multibillion dollar award goes to Homesafe Alliance, LLC, a venture led by KBR. The company initially lost the contract last year, but lodged a successful bid protest.