The cutthroat competition between two Bay Area school lunch contractors reached a new low when the personal data of hundreds of schoolchildren were stolen in a bid to expose a competitor’s lack of data security. School lunches are a $14 billion a year industry and...
Services spending will be the next procurement sector that will see tremendous changes as AI applications are poised to make an impact. Elaine Morris Roberts explains how AI can transform procurement in this report for SpendMatters: In procurement, one significant...
The longest government shutdown in US history ended early this year. But the repercussions from the shutdown are still being felt among contractors to the US government. All contractors lost money and some lost optional extensions on their contracts. Other contractors...
Oracle, recently disqualified from bidding for the Defense Department’s $10 billion cloud contract, is alleging that Amazon had some inside help during the bidding process. Oracle has filed suit claiming that a former high-level Defense Department employee named Deap...
Amazon already has a deal to supply US local governments with everything from computers to toilet paper. Now, the tech giant is moving to capture federal procurement as well. Amazon’s potential dominance over government procurement has provoked consternation among...
Seeking to reduce oversight and compliance costs, the Defense Department is considering a shift to performance-based payments for all fixed-price contracts. The change should also help contractors manage cashflow and permit better focus on technical and schedule...