Acquisition & Procurement

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday requiring the federal government to implement measures to build up the country’s cybersecurity workforce. The EO directs the Department of Homeland Security to establish the...

Trowbridge and Trowbridge announced on Monday that Enlightenment Capital completed the financial purchase of the company to fuel their continued growth and expansion. Cass Panciocco, the chief operating officer, is assuming...

In a merger announced Monday Jacobs will acquire KeyW for $11.25 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at $815 million, including $272 million of KeyW debt. The deal...

The Defense Health Agency announced an effort to merge the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs’ healthcare systems is in the “strategy development stage,” Bloomberg Government reported Monday. Pat Murray,...

IBM has agreed to acquire Red Hat for approximately $34B in a move both companies expect to create a global hybrid cloud provider. IBM said Sunday it will pay $190M...

The House and the Senate have awarded $80M in total funding to the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics via the Congress-approved fiscal year 2019 Energy and Water bill.

David Berteau Federal agencies are expected to spend up to 40 percent of their fiscal 2018 budgets before the new fiscal year begins in October, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Defense and...

The Government Accountability Office raised issues the General Services Administration and the Office of Management and Budget should consider as they implement the next phase of a federal program that facilitates...

Ellen Lord, undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Defense Department and a 2018 Wash100 awardee, has said that her office will train DoD procurement managers on how to buy...

The Defense Department is expected to issue this week the third draft solicitation for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud procurement program, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Dana Deasy, chief...