Oracle

• Success: It’s all in the curated data

  From math workbooks to computer systems for the top markets in the nation, Accenture Technology's Annette Rippert joined Women of Washington to talk the important of data scientists and believing in your own abilities.

  Women of Washington

  January 17, 2019
• Reminder: No gifts for federal employees, even during a shutdown

  Agencies are reminding their employees that ethics rules and guidelines about accepting gifts apply during a government shutdown.

  Federal Newscast

  December 28, 2018
• Latest FITARA scores show improvement

  In today's Federal Newscast, 11 agencies improved their grades, and for the first time no agency received an F on the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act or FITARA scorecard.

  Federal Newscast

  December 12, 2018
• Air Force pilot retention continues to drop despite bigger bonuses

  In today's Federal Newscast, Customs and Border Protection issues Accenture a partial stop work order to pause its nearly 300 million dollar contract to hire more border patrol agents.

  Federal Newscast

  December 11, 2018
• Oracle lawsuit claims DoD’s JEDI contract violates law on 7 counts

  Oracle says the Defense Department's JEDI acquisition is fatally flawed, violating numerous procurement and conflict of interest statutes.

  DoD Reporter's Notebook

  December 11, 2018
• Oracle takes its JEDI protest to Court of Federal Claims

  After losing its case before the Government Accountability Office, Oracle is taking its protest of DoD's huge cloud procurement to the Court of Federal Claims

  Defense News

  December 07, 2018
• Tech execs at White House field ideas for US dominance

  Top executives from Google, Microsoft, IBM, Oracle and Qualcomm are planning to meet at the White House amid strained ties between President Donald Trump's administration and the tech industry

  Technology

  December 06, 2018
• What was behind GAO’s decision to deny Oracle’s JEDI protest?

  Washington procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo had more analysis on the decision to deny Oracle's pre-award protest of the Defense Department's so-called Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud procurement.

  Federal Drive

  November 29, 2018
• Winner take most? DoD intends to move majority of applications to JEDI

  In legal filings, the Pentagon said it wants to move up to 80 percent of its applications to JEDI.

  Defense News

  November 26, 2018
• Senators want more tax help for federal employees who relocate

  In today's Federal Newscast, Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) say federal agencies aren't proactively helping employees understand how or if they should pay taxes on moving expenses for their jobs.

  Federal Newscast

  November 20, 2018
• NTEU asks OPM for 10 year plan to protect cyber breach victims

  In today's Federal Newscast, the Postal Service lost money for the 12th straight year, although a rate increase on stamps could help.

  Federal Newscast

  November 15, 2018
• Oracle loses protest of Pentagon’s $10B cloud contract

  The Government Accountability Office denied the protest of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) solicitation by Oracle saying DoD was consistent with statutes and regulations.

  Contracts/Awards

  November 14, 2018
• DoD IG to consider investigation into Pentagon’s $10B cloud program

  The DoD IG said it received the request from Reps. Steve Womack and Tom Cole to investigate the JEDI cloud program and is reviewing the letter.

  Contracts/Awards

  October 23, 2018
• IBM to DoD: ‘No business in the world would build a cloud the way JEDI would’

  IBM said DoD is going against industry best practices by limiting competition with a single cloud environment under the $10 billion JEDI procurement.

  Contracts/Awards

  October 10, 2018