White House Pushes Agencies to ‘Rightsize’ Workforce After Supreme Court Decision! The federal workforce is once again in the crosshairs and this time, there’s nothing standing in the way. Following a green light from the Supreme Court, the Trump administration is moving quickly to restart efforts to shrink the size of the federal government, a…
OMB Draft Memo Calls for Full Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography! The quantum future isn’t science fiction anymore , it’s policy. And for federal agencies and contractors alike, the message is loud and clear: it’s time to prepare for the end of classical cryptography. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is drafting a landmark memorandum…
The Pentagon Bets Big on Rare Earths! In a bold move to reshape the global rare earth’s landscape and blunt China’s dominance in the market, the U.S. Department of Defense is making a strategic investment in MP Materials, acquiring a 15% stake in the company and funding the construction of a new magnet-making facility on…
Massive Cyber Funding Heads to DOD in GOP-Backed Spending Deal! Over the weekend, a sweeping new Republican-backed domestic policy bill was signed into law and while it’s packed with wins for military cyber operations and digital modernization, it’s also triggering serious concern in the rural healthcare sector. Let’s start with the good news for defense…
A Familiar Face Returns to Government Technology as Trump Nominates Ryan Cote as VA’s New CIO! So this week get ready for a federal IT comeback story! Former Department of Transportation CIO Ryan Cote is back in the spotlight and this time as President Trump’s pick to lead technology efforts at the Department of Veterans…
SBA Cracks Down on 8(a) Contracting Integrity! In a bold move to restore trust and transparency in small business federal contracting, the Small Business Administration (SBA) has launched an in-depth audit of its 8(a) contracting program. This sweeping review will focus on contracts labeled as “high-dollar and limited competition” and spans the past 15 years,…
GSA Turns Up the Heat on Strategy Consulting Firms! The General Services Administration is once again making waves in the consulting world and this time, it’s targeting the big players. In a letter dated Thursday, GSA reached out to six heavyweight firms in the strategy consulting space which are AlixPartners, Alvarez & Marsal Federal, Boston…
OneGov in Action: How GSA Is Rewriting the Rules of Federal IT Contracting! The General Services Administration (GSA) is turning the tables on decades of federal IT procurement norms with its OneGov strategy and it’s got the whole technology contracting world buzzing. Think if for years, resellers, many of them scrappy small businesses, held the…
CISA Launches Secure by Design Framework to Strengthen Cybersecurity! Imagine moving into a new house. Locked the front door, maybe even installed a fancy camera system. Does it feel secure? Probably more than before but obviously that’s just the beginning. That’s exactly how Kirk Lawrence, program manager for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA)…
USDA’s Stratus Cloud Vehicle Opens New Doors! A big step from USDA! The cloud transformation wave in the federal government has a new name which is Stratus.Yes, spearheaded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Stratus is a centralized cloud acquisition vehicle built not just for the Agriculture Department but for all federal agencies looking…