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Homeland Security

GAO Backs TSA Award To Accenture Over IBM To Support Terrorist Watchlist

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, February 21st, 2019

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GAO Backs TSA Award To Accenture Over IBM To Support Terrorist Watchlist

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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Thursday rejected a protest by IBM Corp. [IBM] of a $47.8 million task order award to Accenture [ACN] by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for information technology support of the agency’s passenger and crew vetting system. IBM, the incumbent contractor for support of the Secure Flight program, twice protested the award, most recently last November after TSA upheld the task order contract with Accenture. The award was made under the EAGLE II contract. IBM…

Congress

Kaine On Iranian Girls School Strike: “You Can Be Sure We’re Gonna Get The Answer To That One”

Sen. Timothy Kaine (D-Va.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) seapower panel, pledged on Tuesday that the Senate will get to the bottom of what happened […]

Congress

‘Right To Repair’ Reform In SASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Sets “Government-Purpose Rights’ As Default

The “Right to Repair” provision secured in the Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the next defense policy bill would establish “government-purpose rights” as a default, requiring defense contractors […]

Advanced / Transformational Technology

Pentagon May Make ‘Tradeoffs’ For Low-Cost Autonomous Tech Without Reconciliation Funds, CTO Says

The Pentagon’s chief technology officer has said the department may need to make “tradeoffs” on certain capability priorities if Congress doesn’t pass a reconciliation with $350 billion in requested defense […]

Congress

SASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Sticks With Army’s Plan For Legacy Aviation Procurement Cuts

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the next defense policy sticks to the Army’s proposed plan to cut procurement of its legacy aviation fleet, and does not authorize […]