Army wants to cut award times to six months
The Army wants to reduce the contract awarding process from the nearly two-year cycle — a notorious bottleneck for deploying technology to the field — to less than…
Excitement growing over GSA’s COMET II program
Listen carefully and you can hear the buzz in the federal market about a new contract from the General Services Administration. It’s not another big governmentwide contract like…
Commercial space companies now able to churn out satellites
The firm Aerospacelab, Inc. recently opened up a brand new satellite manufacturing facility in Torrance, California. The company plans on being to put out, on average, two satellites…
Wherever contractors look, the government is looking back
Don’t say they didn’t warn you. Contractors are on notice that the General Services Administration’s Schedules programs will be under examination next year. It’s all outlined in the…
Legislation now calling for spacecraft manufacturers to create cybersecurity plan when working with NASA
The Spacecraft Cybersecurity Act was recently introduced in the House this past summer. The legislation would require NASA to secure a cybersecurity protection plan from manufacturers applying to…
Army aims for speed in new $10B software contract
The Army wants to create a huge new ID/IQ contract to modernize the way it buys and builds software — and it’s not wasting any time. Just a…
Housing at the top of the Army’s agenda this coming year
The Army is putting a lot of focus on fixing its housing this year. The service has allocated $2.1 million for various barracks projects. The plan includes constructing…
Managing Salary Negotiations When Employees Get Help from AI
The wide spectrum of information available from artificial intelligence tools stands to transform salary negotiations in favor of job candidates. The post Managing Salary Negotiations When Employees Get…
DoD ‘fine tunes’ final CMMC program rule, industry turns attention to implementation
The Pentagon didn’t introduce any groundbreaking changes in the final Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification rule, but CMMC observers say the Defense Department made several key updates and definitions…
What contractors need to know, now that the CMMC rule is finalized
After years of cogitation, the Defense Department has finalized one of two big rules for its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification System (CMMC). It shouldn’t be a surprise to…