Acquisition
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Several agencies laid out the new procurement and contracting regulations that will be coming this year.
June 09, 2016 -
Contractors lose the bulk of award protests. But Congress seemingly exists to discover problems and fix them.
June 09, 2016 -
Federal CIOs say when it comes to modernizing government IT systems, most of the workforce welcomes the change. But if the government truly wants to modernize, it will have to do more than try to catch up to the technology curve.
June 09, 2016 -
The Homeland Security Department once again awarded Raytheon a massive cyber contract eight months after a protest required the agency to pull back its initial award. The DOMino program will supports DHS’ EINSTEIN and other cyber programs as House lawmakers plan to debate the agency’s fiscal 2017 budget.
June 08, 2016 -
Federal contractors say there is room for improvement when it comes to protecting itself and working with government in a post-OPM breach environment. That includes modernizing the bidding process, sharing more information and being ready to adapt to an ever-changing threat.
June 08, 2016 -
The Open Approaches Management Office will ensure open architecture principles can be applied throughout the Air Force's acquisition system and not just in small, experimental pockets.
June 07, 2016 -
The White House listed 20 pages worth of qualms with the Senate 2017 defense authorization bill, including military health care reforms, acquisition policy changes and personnel tweaks.
June 07, 2016 -
A Bahrain owned company also saw a increases in government contracting, while GE and Verizon lost federal business.
June 07, 2016 -
Roger Waldron examines two provisions from Sen. Tom Carper's amendments to the NDAA, which are of significant interest to the Federal contracting community.
June 06, 2016 -
Roberta J. Mourao is a principal in the Advisory Services practice of Ernst & Young LLP. Her experience spans the government sector and commercial industry in the areas of business process improvement, enterprise transformation, strategy and…
June 06, 2016 -
Steve Blank teaches Hacking for Defense, a new course at Stanford University that links students with defense agencies to promote innovation in engineering.
June 06, 2016 -
Spring in Washington is when federal agencies open up to more buying and more vendor days. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, shares the three things contractors need to know in early June on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
June 06, 2016 -
Dozens of vendors are concerned they will not be able to renew their contracts to provide office supplies under GSA Schedule 75. GSA says it doesn’t plan on reopening the schedule for at least another nine months.
June 06, 2016 -
Administrator Denise Turner Roth said all facets of GSA will need to support the standup of the Technology Transformation Service.
June 03, 2016 -
David Powell, chief operating officer of the Federal Business Council, joins host Mark Amtower to discuss a wide range of GovCon issues, including cyber events in Maryland, and the upcoming Federal Channels: Government Marketing Best Practices 2020 event. June 6, 2016
June 03, 2016