The Federal Marketplace for Enterprise Business Systems, Applications, and Shared Services is currently undergoing the largest transformation since the e-Government Act was launched over two decades ago.  Significant changes are being institutionalized on how the government buys goods and services from the vendor community, including significant actions, authorizations, and mandates to accelerate acquisition processes, reduce the burden of compliance requirements, and shift a

Artificial intelligence is no longer an experimental add-on in Washington, it is becoming a core layer in how agencies deliver essential services. As Olivia Levine observes in The Quiet Rise of AI in Government , federal agencies are beginning to modernize under pressure from DOGE, retiring workforces, brittle legacy IT, and rising cybersecurity risks. 1 AI is now woven into programs as varied as benefit administration, law enforcement, transportation safety, and emergency ma

Executive Summary Over the past 7 months , we have heard from small and mid-tier companies that lost contracts and were forced to reduce...