GAO: Defense contracting down, civilian agencies steady over 5 years | Federal Times
A Government Accountability Office analysis of governmentwide contracting data looked at the trends in federal agency discretionary spending between the years 2011 and 2015.
Source: GAO: Defense contracting down, civilian agencies steady over 5 years
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Veteran’s Affairs may be silver lining for Leidos Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LDOS), other contractors amid Trump budget cuts – Washington Business Journal
President Donald Trump’s budget proposal Thursday called for a nearly 6 percent increase in funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs — one of the only civilian agencies not targeted for massive cuts.
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Trump’s budget: 5 healthcare winners and 8 losers | Healthcare IT News
A look at the agencies hit hardest and those that stand to benefit, funding-wise, in Trump’s budget proposal.
Source: Trump’s budget: 5 healthcare winners and 8 losers | Healthcare IT News
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Rob Levinson: What does $50B increase in DoD spending mean? – FederalNewsRadio.com
The Trump administration is seeking a big increase in defense spending. Big like 10 percent, or more than $50 billion for 2018.
Source: Rob Levinson: What does $50B increase in DoD spending mean? – FederalNewsRadio.com
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Judge rules for U.S. government in FirstNet court case, clearing path for expected AT&T award | Public Safety Broadband/FirstNet content | IWCE’s Urgent Communications
A federal judge rules against Rivada Mercury’s protest against the FirstNet procurement protest, a move that is expected to set the stage for AT&T to be awarded the 25-year contract to build and maintain the much-anticipated nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN).
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Contractor Team Arrangements | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update
Contractor team arrangements as used in Government contracting, are where (i) two or more companies form a partnership or joint venture to act as a potential prime contractor or (ii) a potential prime contractor agrees with one or more other companies to have them act as its subcontractors under a specified Government contract or acquisition program.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Contractor Team Arrangements
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Trump reorganization could improve federal procurement – FederalNewsRadio.com
President Donald Trump’s executive order is a timely, necessary step to improve procurement operations and service to the American people.
Source: Trump reorganization could improve federal procurement – FederalNewsRadio.com
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Top 10 tech trends for feds to watch — FCW
Across government, career executives are assessing priorities for the year, with an eye to both the known challenges that must be addressed and the new priorities Trump administration officials want to champion. The administration’s newly released budget proposal will dominate the headlines, but there are IT and management issues that will be key regardless of the policies. So with apologies to David Letterman, here’s my “Dave’s Top 10 List” of tech issues that will be the focus of government time and attention in the months ahead.
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Some Claims Must Be Raised Before Contract Award | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims dismissed a company’s OCI (Organizational Conflict of Interest) claim related to the award of a contract by the Army because it effectively waived its claim by not raising it before contract award.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Some Claims Must Be Raised Before Contract Award
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Trump Wants to Defund the Appalachian Regional Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts – The Atlantic
On Thursday, the White House released President Trump’s proposal for the federal budget, a blueprint outlining his spending priorities for Congress and the country. It cuts the budgets of many domestic programs. But for 19 independent agencies, it goes a step further—and proposes eliminating their funding entirely.