GSA tasks new committee with reviewing government travel policy
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that the Government Travel Advisory Committee was formed so members from the public and private sector could provide input on the government’s per...
View ArticleLabor’s data consolidation: First step (of many) complete
Editor’s note: Changes have been made to reflect the new facility is in Maryland, and not in D.C. as originally stated. The Labor Department, working with Lockheed Martin, has consolidated its...
View ArticleWith $6 billion continuous monitoring contract, DHS takes ‘next leap’ in...
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded its much-anticipated continuous monitoring contract, widely recognized as a big step in the government’s plan to bolster its cybersecurity. The contract,...
View ArticleInterior finalizes $10 billion in cloud contracts
Editor’s note: Story has been updated with comments from Verizon. The Interior Department has awarded 10 contracts in an effort to accelerate its move to the cloud. The indefinite delivery/indefinite...
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FedWire: Week 2 of shutdown
FedWire is FedScoop’s afternoon roundup of news and notes from the federal IT community. Send your links and videos to tips@fedscoop.com. Pentagon comptroller on decision to exclude some workers from...
View ArticleThe cloud services of tomorrow
In the future, there won’t be cloud computing — there will just be computing, according to Melvin Greer, chief strategist SOA and cloud computing, at Lockheed Martin. Greer was one of three panelists...
View Article8 federal IT contracts to watch in FY 2014
The beginning of fiscal year 2014 saw a rocky start. The government shut down for more than two weeks, affecting hundreds of thousands of federal employees and pushing back the contracting schedule....
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Pentagon’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter hits more turbulence
Developed by Lockheed Martin, the F-35 is DOD’s most expensive and most ambitious acquisition program. The program is estimated to be nearly 70 percent over budget (Photo: DOD) Continued software...
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Lockheed nabs $915 million space fence contract
Space junk, as small as paint chips, pose a major threat to sensitive satellite systems used for communications, navigation and timing. The Air Force announced Monday that Lockheed Martin Corp. will...
View ArticleLockheed Martin wins contract to finish missile defense satellites
The Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.86 billon contract June 24 to complete production on two new ballistic missile-detecting satellites. Once launched, the two satellites will be the fifth and...
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Lockheed nabs $915 million space fence contract
Space junk, as small as paint chips, pose a major threat to sensitive satellite systems used for communications, navigation and timing. The Air Force announced Monday that Lockheed Martin Corp. will...
View ArticleLockheed Martin wins contract to finish missile defense satellites
The Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.86 billon contract June 24 to complete production on two new ballistic missile-detecting satellites. Once launched, the two satellites will be the fifth and...
View ArticleNSA cyberwar competition draws to a close
The competition is fierce today, as teams from each of the five U.S. service academies battle the National Security Agency and the Department of Defense in the 13th annual Cyber Defense Exercise – also...
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Acquisitions, small business will suffer if DOD sequester continues in 2014
Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics (Photo: DOD) Defense Department furloughs and budget cuts from sequestration spending cuts could lapse into 2014,...
View ArticleHP and Lockheed Martin RAMP up the government cloud
The General Services Administration announced today the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, or FedRAMP, has issued two new provisional cloud security authorizations. The Joint...
View ArticleGSA tasks new committee with reviewing government travel policy
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that the Government Travel Advisory Committee was formed so members from the public and private sector could provide input on the government’s per...
View ArticleLabor’s data consolidation: First step (of many) complete
Editor’s note: Changes have been made to reflect the new facility is in Maryland, and not in D.C. as originally stated. The Labor Department, working with Lockheed Martin, has consolidated its...
View Article5 tips for effective threat intelligence
Threat intelligence platforms — although in their infancy — have the potential to help agencies derive insight and actionable information from cyberthreat data that now exists in silos across multiple...
View ArticleLockheed, Leidos merger creates $10B government services giant
Lockheed Martin will merge its IT and government services subsidiary with Leidos Inc., in a complex and tax-advantageous deal, creating the largest government services provider in the U.S. with a $10...
View ArticleWhy is Leidos going big while everyone else goes small?
Move to the cloud. Embrace agile development. Reduce your data centers. These are common themes private sector companies have preached to government agencies for the past few years. With the Federal IT...
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