Acquisition
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While Congress debates Biden's 2022 budget proposal, contractors should be adjusting their approaches to customers. With some of the dynamics at work, federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen.
June 08, 2021 -
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking a control layer that works by itself, so warfighters have less distraction. For the details, Program Manager Mary Schurgot spoke to Federal Drive.
June 07, 2021 -
Martin Reeves. chairman of the BCG Henderson Institute and senior vice president of the Boston Consulting Group, joined host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center, to discuss his new book, "The Imagination Machine."
June 07, 2021 -
Moshe Schwartz, president of Etherton and Associates, joined host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the key acquisition policy and budgetary priorities coming out of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act.
June 06, 2021 -
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin signed the strategy on May 13, officials said Friday. They said the classified document would add teeth to DoD's efforts to standardize the ways in which the military services interconnect their weapons platforms.
June 04, 2021 -
National Security experts are calling on the U.S. to expand its list of banned Chinese companies. A small-town VA employee's $100,000 scheme gets him 46 months in federal prison. And following the science, the Senate confirms POTUS's pick to lead his Office of Science and Technology Policy
May 31, 2021 -
DoD and Amazon Web Services intend to keep fighting in court over JEDI, but have very different ideas about how the case should proceed.
May 28, 2021 -
The Coalition for Government Procurement's Roger Waldron says an RFI issued by GSA on May 13, seeking industry feedback on a “governmentwide cloud acquisition strategy and Blanket Purchase Agreement," raises several questions.
May 28, 2021 -
A defense contractor that created fake invoices, pays the government $50 million. OPM has elevated is office of diversity and inclusion. And, if given a choice, virtual still beats out in-person/indoors.
May 28, 2021 -
Three industry groups and 44 technology companies wrote a letter pressing the White House to make sure agencies are buying commercial software first before building.
May 27, 2021 -
GAO auditors have a couple more recommendations for the FDIC, which is meant to ensures the financial soundness of the banking system.
May 26, 2021 -
GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service flipped the switch on May 24 for the new SAM.gov portal bringing together 1.5 million users across six acquisition websites under one umbrella.
May 24, 2021 -
Pentagon says its putting a greater emphasis on the sustainment of weapons systems — a part of the lifecycle that accounts for 70% of the cost of a weapon.
May 20, 2021 -
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joined host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a wide-ranging discussion of the top contracting issues for the remainder of the fiscal year.
May 19, 2021 -
What are the current trends in antitrust enforcement? Find out when Justin Murphy, partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf.
May 18, 2021