Trump executive order pushes fixed-price contracting, but implementation questions loom
A 90-day deadline for agencies to renegotiate major contracts is drawing skepticism from legal observers. President Trump’s new executive order on government acquisition is pushing agencies to use more fixed-price contracts as a way of establishing more procurements that reward outcomes and performance. The Promoting Efficiency, Accountability, and Performance in Federal Contracting executive order was signed […]
DIA tees up $800M data collection recompete
The Defense Intelligence Agency sets the date for when it plans to release a final solicitation for this multiple-award contract focused on technical functions. The Defense Intelligence Agency has provided industry a signal that it is almost ready to open the recompete of a massive data collection and management support services contract up for bids. Iteration […]
Pentagon makes agreements with 7 companies to add AI to classified networks
Advanced capabilities from NVIDIA, OpenAI, SpaceX, Reflection, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and Google will be made available at the Pentagon’s Impact Levels 6 and 7. The Pentagon announced new agreements with seven leading artificial intelligence developers on Friday, with those companies set to support classified workflows in military operations. SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, Reflection, Microsoft, and Amazon […]
2026 Industry Eagle Award: Meagan Metzger
Dcode’s founder saw barriers in government contracting as problems she could find a path to solve. Early in her career, Meagan Metzger walked into a program office with a simple question: Why was the government building software it could just buy? Again and again, she saw the same pattern: the government spending time and money building […]
