Contractors want more data on ‘continuous vetting’ clearance model
Industry says the time it takes for DCSA to adjudicate some CV alerts has led to delays in getting cleared employees working on contracts.
Pentagon plans fleet of portable SCIFs
The initiative may allow more nontraditional contractors to contribute to national security, collaborate with government teams and compete for classified work.
Forget the budget; the government’s tech gap is about capacity
Erika Dinnie, the vice president of federal strategy and planning at MetTel, explains why outsourcing to U.S.-based firms is a viable option for agencies.
Money doesn’t build ships. Execution does
Kelly Bent, president of HumanTouch, explains why visibility into programmatic risks from technology and data can ensure successful outcomes.
DoD asks for encryption software to protect military data
The department wants an interim solution to protect programs of record as it works to adopt post-quantum cryptography by the early 2030s.
SBA is redesigning its digital services around the people who use them
“Having one doorway in so that a small business can find everything that they need from…
The government is changing some key rules that shape the federal contracting marketplace
“I can’t see a lot of commercial companies agreeing to give all of their cost and pricing data to the government,” said Stephanie Kostro.
CUI sprawl — The hidden driver of CMMC risk
An analysis of how controlled unclassified information spreads beyond formal systems and contracts.
For years, the defense industrial base was a future problem. Now it’s a production problem.
“We want more and larger firms in the defense industrial base so that we have more competition,” said David Norquist.
The Ukraine war is forcing militaries to rethink how quickly weapons and countermeasures evolve
“From the time in which you field the new weapon, eight weeks later, the Russians and their adversaries are deploying countermeasures,” said Chad Steelberg.