Acquisition
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The Defense Department is tightening up its standards for using data on U.S. citizens.
August 01, 2016 -
Kevin Desanto, co-founder and managing director of KippsDesanto and Nick Wakeman, editor of Washington Technology, will discuss the state of mergers and acquisitions in the government market. August 1, 2016
July 31, 2016 -
The new FOIA Improvement Act puts pressure on contractors to protect their trade secrets. Jon Burd explains what contractors can do from the get-go to keep them safe.
July 28, 2016 -
Early adopters hail the potential of Internet of Things, but no one is willing to commit until some very serious challenges are overcome and certain policies are put in place governmentwide.
July 27, 2016 -
The 2017 NDAA Section 800, which deals with acquisition reform, has 50 subsections. This year it had 99.
July 27, 2016 -
The Army, Navy, and Air Force on Monday released their supplier performance ratings shortlists for 2016 — an honor roll for contractors' business units scored highly by the military acquisition community.
July 26, 2016 -
DoD's newest procurement system attempts to walk the line between best value and lowest-priced, technically acceptable.
July 26, 2016 -
Few totally new ideas hatch under the stars, but some old ones gain currency. Here are two having to do with contracting.
July 26, 2016 -
Wiggle in with program people early in the acquisition cycle so that contracting officers know exactly what it is the program needs or is trying to do.
July 25, 2016 -
September is the make-it or break-it month for contractors to do business with agencies. But is it too late for them to make some cash in the fiscal fourth?
July 25, 2016 -
DOD made awards in the next generation of contracts to run its TRICARE health plan: $41 billion to Humana and $18 billion to Health Net.
July 25, 2016 -
The Pentagon will help contracting officers and vendors understand what it’s buying and who is doing the buying through a new acquisition portal.
July 25, 2016 -
A new partnership between Vencore and the George Mason University aims to develop a cyber risk assessment methodology and tool to help agencies and other organizations analyze the value of the data and determine how best to mitigate potential cyber threats.
July 25, 2016 -
A new portal launches this week on the General Services Administration's Acquisition Gateway to help advise contracting people.
July 25, 2016 -
DoD’s new procurement evaluation process, value-adjusted total evaluated price, is part of a movement away from subjective evaluation of enhancements, and toward a more objective and quantifiable system.
July 25, 2016