Acquisition
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On this week’s On DoD, Federal News Radio Defense Reporter Scott Maucione goes a bit deeper into Federal News Radio’s series, Danger at High Speed: OTAs in Action.
July 26, 2018 -
Multiple sources in and out of government confirmed to Federal News Radio that DoD told the House and Senate Armed Services committees that it expects to release a third draft solicitation of the JEDI contract this week.
July 25, 2018 -
Justification documents published by the Pentagon Tuesday increase the ceiling value of the MHS Genesis contract to $5.5 billion.
July 25, 2018 -
The Office of Management and Budget releases a request for information for how to create the Government Effectiveness Advanced Research (GEAR) Center.
July 25, 2018 -
Information about Other Transaction Agreements is so hazy that no one is quite sure of the total dollar amount DoD has spent on OTAs over the past three years.
July 24, 2018 -
Dave Mader and Jennifer Walcott, both of Deloitte Consulting, describe how software-as-a-service can make IT modernization a reality.
July 24, 2018 -
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, had more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 23, 2018 -
Shanna Webbers, the chief procurement officer, and Harrison Smith, the deputy chief procurement officer, are creating stronger partnerships internally and externally.
July 23, 2018 -
David Wajsgras, president of Raytheon’s Intelligence, Information and Services business, said the acceptance of dev/ops is causing vendors to rethink how they meet agency demands.
July 20, 2018 -
GSA is pushing professional services contracting toward a performance-based acquisition, greater use of the professional services schedule, and more use of existing contracts rather than going to the open market.
July 20, 2018 -
The Professional Services Council and Grant Thornton’s biennial survey of federal acquisition workers found budget uncertainty and oversight requirements temper their optimism.
July 19, 2018 -
With new OTA for information warfare, the Navy hopes to quickly push its cyber demands to industry, but also get answers to questions it hadn't thought to ask.
July 19, 2018 -
An internal poll of FBI employees has revealed a striking drop in confidence in the vision of FBI Director Christopher Wray and the bureau's senior leadership.
July 18, 2018 -
Angela Styles, partner at Bracewell LLP, Jonathan Aronie, partner at Sheppard Mullin LLP, and Jon Etherton, president of Etherton & Associates, Inc., join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the GSA's Section 846 Implementation Plan. July 17, 2018
July 17, 2018 -
The Defense Department spent nearly $21 billion on OTAs in the past three years, but who is bringing home the bacon?
July 17, 2018