Acquisition
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The administration conducts its first set of reviews of the three-to-eight high priority goals each agency set last year. OMB is encouraging agencies to conduct their own reviews in order to keep focus on meeting the objectives. All agency performance information eventually will be made public through a new portal, Performance.gov.
October 15, 2010 -
Kim Jong-il and his youngest son, Kim Jong-un, presided at North Korea\'s large military parade on October 10th to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the foundation of the Workers\' Party. The leadership permitted live television coverage of the event. Yang Hyong-sop, Vice President of North Korea\'s Supreme People\'s Assembly said that Kim Jong-un will be North Korea\'s leader and that the North Korean people can proudly say that they are more blessed with their leader than people of any other country around the world. The large military parade on a Party anniversary indicates the Army is the dominant force in North Korean decision making.
October 14, 2010 -
Eileen Harrington, the SBA\'s chief operating officer, announced yesterday that she is leaving to become the new executive director of the Federal Trade Commission.
October 14, 2010 -
BAE Systems said it received a $300 million contract to modernize the trusted computer workstations for the agency\'s Defense Intelligence Information System, according to Business Wire.
October 14, 2010 -
A new report finds contractors should balance portfolios across the spectrum of warfare, accommodating the shift in how the U.S. military plans, organizes and equips for battle.
October 14, 2010 -
Who should get first preference for contracts? A new law should help figure that out. Venable\'s Rob Burton explains it for us.
October 14, 2010 -
Agencies are testing an assortment of smartphones and tablet computers to improve how their workforces meet their missions. But there still are questions about the security of these devices.
October 14, 2010 -
The service will issue the first of five RFPs in a matter of weeks for cybersecurity services. The other solicitations are coming over the next year for everything from enterprise software to transport services. More than three-quarters of the users said they are pleased with the NMCI, according to the most recent customer satisfaction survey.
October 14, 2010 -
The Russian Navy has proposed to re-establish a logistics base for Russian warships in the Vietnamese port of Cam Rahn Bay. Russian President Medvedev and Algerian President Bouteflika signed a joint statement on October 6th for more coordination and communication between their two countries. Also on October 6th, the Russian Defense Minister began a two-day visit to India for discussions that will touch on repairs and upgrade of an aircraft carrier as well as production of aircraft and tanks in India. The timing of the Vietnam, India and Algeria initiatives indicates the Russians are making a bid to rebuild and expand the weapons client base of the Soviet Union.
October 13, 2010 -
The Navy and Marine Corps will begin splitting up its massive NMCI contract this fall. The service announced Wednesday it will issue a request for proposals for cybersecurity services in a matter of weeks.
October 13, 2010 -
One year since a GAO report that found a hike in protests to government contracts, Dr. Stan Sloane, president and CEO of SRA International, explained what\'s changed.
October 13, 2010 -
Under the contract, the company will develop interior designs, perform equipment needs assessments, relocations, equipment installation, maintenance and employee training for the Army Corps of Engineers.
October 13, 2010 -
Increasingly, agencies are tapping into blogs, Facebook, and Twitter to reach out to the public. Now, the federal department leading the way in the federal government\'s use of social media is making it easier for even the smallest agency to use Web 2.0 tools.
October 13, 2010 -
Pakistan has been using border crossing closures for political signaling, restricting transit to Afghanistan to convey its message that armed helicopter flights in Pakistani airspace cross the line of tolerable US actions. The September 30th helicopter incident and its aftermath have significant implications. First is that the US has found a red line that Pakistan cannot afford to let the US cross. Second, mistakes from drone attacks are more forgivable than helicopter attacks. And third, the Taliban will learn that a week-long cut-off of supplies at border crossing points is enough to spur action by the US to have the border reopened.
October 12, 2010 -
Congressmen introduce legislation requiring agencies to transition to the new telecommunications contract from FTS2001 by May 2010. Towns said the government could lose $500 million because of the delays.
October 12, 2010