BigBear.ai will continue developing the global platform designed to enhance the U.S. Army's data-driven approach under a $17.9 million contract extension. The award will be dedicated to improving the data layer of the Global Force Information Management system, the artificial intelligence company said Tuesday.

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CRL Technologies, an Alexandria, Virginia-based engineering services provider, was selected by the U.S. Navy to deliver lead systems integrator support to the AIRWorks Office within the Naval Air Warfare Center. Under a $247.7 million contract, the company will perform engineering, technical, prototyping and project management services in support of the service branch's manned and unmanned aircraft programs and platforms.

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Finances play an indispensable role in the operations of corporations, regardless of their size. Key financial metrics such as revenue, net profit, net loss, accounting, planning, and reporting are vital for companies to sustain operations, allocate funds across various portfolios, forecast future expenditures, and mitigate potential losses and risks. Leading the charge in these responsibilities […] More

Patrick Sweeney, vice president for the financial systems integration practice at Aeyon, said federal agencies looking to achieve government compliance, efficiency and transparency should invest in data cleansing efforts when building their information technology systems. “Investing in data cleansing solutions early in an agency’s digital transformation journey won’t just save agencies time in the long […] More

The Department of Defense has disclosed its intent to conduct an on-ramping process for Pools 1 and 2 of a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract used to provide mission-critical research and development support across DOD. DOD plans to launch a full-and-open competition and award about three IDIQ contracts under Pool 1 of the Information Analysis Center contract […] More

Carahsoft Technology has partnered with zero trust security-focused company Zentera Systems to become its Master Government Aggregator. The alliance will aim to expand Zentera’s product availability in the public sector through Carahsoft’s several government contracts and reseller partners, the latter announced from its Reston, Virginia headquarters on Wednesday. “Carahsoft is proud to partner with Zentera to bring […] More

DRT Strategies has secured a contract from the Department of Agriculture to modernize the agency’s core financial system using the Oracle Application Express platform. The company said Wednesday the low-code application platform will be integrated into the USDA system to manage property and asset data for the government enterprise under the Oracle APEX Conversion contract.  Contract […] More

Laura Stanton, a General Services Administration official, said that since 2021, federal agencies have obligated $1 billion on 600 task orders awarded through the 8(a) Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resource for Services III governmentwide contract to 309 small businesses. Of those small businesses, 177 marked their first GSA orders through the 8(a) STARS III GWAC, Stanton, […] More

Phil Fuster, chief revenue officer at Hitachi Vantara Federal, said federal agencies looking to better defend systems from cybercrimes should foster collaboration with industry and other agencies through sharing of threat intelligence and best practices and establish secure standardized platforms for sharing information. In a Fed Gov Today podcast aired Thursday, Fuster highlighted the need […] More

Government agencies should adopt site reliability engineering principles to improve their internal and customer-facing information technology systems, Netimpact Strategies CEO PV Puvvada wrote in a Nextgov opinion piece published Wednesday. Puvvada, a six-time Wash100 awardee, said SRE has been tried and tested in the private sector, including big tech companies, and could reduce costs usually […] More

Alex Whitworth, cybersecurity solutions vertical executive at Carahsoft Technology, said the Environmental Protection Agency released an action plan meant to safeguard water and wastewater systems from cyberattacks. The action plan comes with several measures, such as providing technical support to water systems, enhancing the process of information sharing and data analysis, advancing projects that implement […] More

Rob Carey, president of Cloudera Government Solutions, said federal agencies looking to leverage data to achieve missions faster should push for the commoditization of data. “Providing everyone the ability to sort and analyze data regardless of their role within the organization will provide great success for government objectives,” Carey, a previous Wash100 awardee, wrote in […] More