Japan-based Marine supply unit wins Defense Department innovation award

Acquisition

STARS II contractor pool deepens with hundreds of new veteran-owned companies

GSA has added over 500 IT industry small-business partners to its 8(a) STARS II Governmentwide Acquisition Contract vehicle.
After protests, OPM to reopen background investigations contract

The Government Accountability Office has recommended that the Office of Personnel Management reopen discussions over an investigative support services contract that was challenged by two vendors.
DARPA DSO director: Pitch us problems, not solutions

The Defense Sciences Office (DSO) – one of the six program areas – is reaching out to these sectors in an effort to solicit more ideas and develop them on a track that will benefit national security and society writ large.
AWS adds new GovCloud region for East Coast agencies

Announced during the Amazon Web Services Public Sector Summit, the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region will augment scalable, cost-efficient federal cloud solutions and add options for disaster recovery when it launches in 2018.