GAO to DOGE: The ‘Wall of Receipts’ does not add up
The Government Accountability Office’s review backs up what reporters and other observers were finding all along: overstated savings, undisclosed data problems and a wall that still cannot be trusted. The Department of Government Efficiency’s infamous Wall of Receipts was always problematic for its inaccuracies and misrepresentations. Now the Government Accountability Office has put a bow on […]
Space Force launches $300M ground operations support recompete
A final solicitation is now live for the Hybrid Architecture and Development for Experimental Systems contract, which Space Force set up as a way to protect satellites from inefficient coding or commands. Space Force is now ready for industry to start working on and turning in bids for a potential seven-year, $300 million contract for ground […]
Agentic development will expose GovCon’s old business model
Matt Jones, CEO at Sigma Defense, explains how a pickleball app epiphany showed him why contractors billing for hours — not outcomes — will not survive what is coming. I am an artificial intelligence convert. Despite leading a defense technology company, up until recently I didn’t consider myself an AI evangelist. It just wasn’t a priority […]
As AI models break free, White House works with firms on secret safety measures
Lawmakers are blasting administration’s “ad-hoc” artificial intelligence strategy as tech giants pitch ideas to keep federal contracts flowing. No one is saying, officially, what was decided when top frontier AI labs—Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta—met with White House officials on Tuesday to discuss voluntary guidelines for testing new models. But Democratic lawmakers described the Trump administration’s approach to […]
