The defense industry has gotten off to a good start implementing initial capabilities for insider threat programs, the Defense Security Service said. Cleared contractors had until Nov. 30 to develop and submit their plans for an insider threat program and appoint a senior official to lead and oversee it.
DoD’s $38.5B IT budget in the fiscal 2017 requests is being driven by three major trends contractors should be aware of: cybersecurity, cloud and analytics.
Source: 3 trends driving DoD IT budgets in FY 2017 – FederalNewsRadio.com
President-elect Donald Trump’s suggested hiring freeze on the federal workforce could have major implications for federal contractors.
The American Small Business League is pushing back on a court’s decision to dismiss a case against the SBA and what the league calls “creative accounting.”
If all goes according to plan, the Defense Department is a few weeks away from releasing new guidance on how it buys and builds business IT systems.
Source: DoD about to revamp its processes for buying business IT systems – FederalNewsRadio.com
MAG Aerospace was named Contractor of the Year (up to $25 million) as part of the 2016 Greater Washington GovCon Awards.
Source: MAG Aerospace named Contractor of the Year (Up to $25M) – FederalNewsRadio.com
Enlighten IT Consulting was named Contractor of the Year (up to $25 million) as part of the 2016 Greater Washington GovCon Awards.
Source: Enlighten IT Consulting named Contractor of the Year (up to $25M) – FederalNewsRadio.com
GSA says it’s working through a series of legislative and regulatory changes that would help agencies buy cloud computing services as a “utility.”
Source: GSA working on changes to FAR, new legislation to help agencies buy cloud – FederalNewsRadio.com
The Professional Services Council’s 2016 Vision conference predicts little new spending, but a lot of moving around of existing money.
Source: Agencies, industry should expect a lot of ‘churn’ in IT spending – FederalNewsRadio.com
The question continues to come up every four years whether these senior IT executives need to be career or political.
Source: Who are the CIOs that soon will need new jobs? – FederalNewsRadio.com