GovWin Recon – March 25, 2015

Sequestration / Budget:

• Obama: No signature for a budget that leaves sequestration in place
• * FY 2016 Budget Analysis Points to Increase in Contractor-Addressable Federal Spending

Federal IT:

• White House Picks Former Twitter Exec as First Chief Digital Officer
• Federal CIO: Agencies need to finish IT projects
• New Federal CIO’s Mission: ‘Landing the Plane’
• New federal CIO looks to execution, not invention
• Should agencies deliver services based on life events?
• Does the Customer Know Best When it Comes to Federal Services?
• Data transparency, a chief digital officer, Pentagon phishing and more
• Survey: Feds Favor Face-to-Face Meetings Over Videoconferencing

Agency News:

• Homeland Security No. 2 accused of improper influence
• OMB targets further federal office space reductions
• Simplification is the watchword for PM Mission Command
• Stryker brigades get WIN-T Increment 2
• Air Force, Intel take a crack at malware market
• NASA tests smart glasses for astronauts
• DARPA Robotics Challenge Gears Up For Finale
• NASA pilots SEWP V upgrades

Vendor News:

• Salient nabs 12 O&M task orders to support USPTO (subscription required)
• Engility wins $34.9M contract for tactical warfare training (subscription required)
• Lafayette Group, SAIC nab contracts to advance interoperable comms (subscription required)
• WR Systems to support Navy radar system under $12.4M contract (subscription required)
• Constellation West taps new BD director (subscription required)
• Aquilent taps new EVP of corporate BD (subscription required)

Cybersecurity:

• Carter: Troop Data in Online Kill List Was Not Stolen
• Kaspersky Government developing 'denied area' malware database
• Agencies Waited Nearly a Month and a Half to Fix High-Threat Vulnerabilities
• House unveils cyber bill and signals bipartisan compromise
• Cyber and electronic warfare: The relationship going forward.
• Air Force, Intel take a crack at malware market
• Marine study: Simulations translate to live-fire performance
• Israel, US To Integrate Cyber Test Beds

Cloud Computing / Data Center Consolidation / Virtualization:

Getting agile -- with acquisition and development alike

Health IT:

• Marking ObamaCare milestone, Obama to launch alternative-payment push

Big Data / Analytics:

• Clinton emails add urgency to records management

Transparency and Performance:

• IG revokes decision on DoD’s first clean audit
• Pentagon’s Quest for Clean Books Takes Hit

Waste, Fraud and Abuse:

• DHS Exec Aided Foreign Investors with Democratic Ties, IG Found
• Homeland Security No. 2 accused of improper influence

Defense / C4ISR / Embedded Technology:

• Obama puts drawdown of US troops in Afghanistan on hold
• Russia’s hybrid warfare tactics gain upper hand in Ukraine
• Private-sector drones test friendly foreign skies
• Marine study: Simulations translate to live-fire performance
• Stanford breakthrough could make better chips cheaper

Contracting / Acquisition:

• Contracts for March 24, 2015
• NASA pilots SEWP V upgrades

Legislation / Regulation:

• House unveils cyber bill and signals bipartisan compromise
• Internet Providers Sue to Kill Net Neutrality

State and Local:

• Map: The state of broadband in the states
• Arkansas, Iowa, New Mexico Get Broadband Funding Boost
• Cities Turn to Social Media to Police Restaurants
• Indiana uses data analytics to try to reduce infant mortality
• First responders test future public safety net
• Tech transforming testing, textbooks and teachers
• Uber parks $25,000 in University of Maryland’s Startup Shell
• Agencies eye open data, analytics to increase engagement

AEC News:

• Pulse: Project News From Dodge
• Industry Market Confidence Hits Record High
• Contractors Enlist Laser Scanners to Verify As-Builts
• The VA’s Aurora Hospital Project: How Did Things Get So Bad?