Acquisition
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If the U.S. is to prevail in the world's strategic hot spots, the Defense Department will have to adopt some of the strategies China seems to be using successfully.
May 15, 2023 -
Miller said she was unaware of any data about the success rate of these types of attacks, but there is plenty of anecdotal evidence of companies losing tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars to these scam artists.
May 12, 2023 -
The Defense Acquisition University seeks to prepare future contract officers for new challenges as it increases its course offerings and expands ways to learn.
May 12, 2023 -
Roger Waldron, president of the Coalition for Government Procurement, writes in his blog that GSA's memo from March extending the economic price adjustment (EPA) highlighted unnecessary, inappropriate and counterproductive pricing language in the MAS solicitation.
May 12, 2023 -
CYBERCOM has the money to stop operating under the wing of the Air Force, but it needs to staff up and get a track record.
May 08, 2023 -
Although the Postal Service did the requisite environmental impact statement, it wasn't good enough for stakeholders.
May 08, 2023 -
The fourth report in a year about the Transactional Data Reporting pilot continues to ring the same negative notes from the inspector general while GSA officials continue to push back against that tune.
May 08, 2023 -
Over the last several years, Congress has passed several pieces of legislation meant to speed up the Defense Department’s acquisition system. Now, DoD officials have an idea of their own:
May 08, 2023 -
The Court of Federal Claims ruled GSA’s interpretation of Section 876 of the 2018 Defense Authorization was too broad as applied to the Polaris small business GWAC.
May 03, 2023 -
At issue are the overseas COLAs the Pentagon uses to ensure military members are compensated fairly, regardless of their duty station.
May 03, 2023 -
Robin Bourne, Subject Matter Expert, Federal Acquisition at the Gormley Group joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to give an update on GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program.
May 02, 2023 -
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee raised concerns over OPM's role as both regulator and provider of talent acquisition systems, saying the dual position gives the agency an unfair advantage.
May 01, 2023 -
Tiffany Hixson, the assistant commissioner for the Office of Professional Services and Human Capital Categories in the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service, said spending in 2023 is on track to grow at a significant pace across the entire professional services category.
May 01, 2023 -
The Government Accountability Office denied a protest by Peraton over the Air Force’s award to CACI in December.
April 26, 2023 -
Joe Paiva speaks with the principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army (ASA) for acquisitions, logistics and technology (ALT), Young Bang, this week.
April 26, 2023