Acquisition

Court of Federal Claims asserts more jurisdiction over OTAs

Legal experts say a recent case before the Court of Federal Claims further cements the path for unsuccessful vendors to seek judicial relief for OTAs.

Acquisition Policy

The BIOSECURE Act

End of Fiscal Year marketing

Competing global supply chain approaches

Commentary

With UNO, Army intends to stop battling its own network

Ask the CIO

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Why bidders for federal contracts need to deal with conflicts of interest early on

Agency Oversight

NDAA amendment to give more authority to DoD components to buy cyber products

Defense

Judges wooden gavel resting on a law book in a courtroom conceptual of judgements, crime, punishment, and justice

Contractors see new cyber reporting rules everywhere they look

Contracting

Sustainability & environmental procurement

The 2024 High Growth Study

Trends in GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule program

Cyber harmonization: Making the regulations work together

The Council should also consider exempting cloud service providers (CSPs) that have an existing FedRAMP authorization from the rule’s reporting requirements.

Contracting

False Claims Act allegations leave two contractors with millions of dollars in fines

Guidehouse paid $7.6 million and Nan McKay & Associates paid $3.7 million to resovled claims that they violated the False Claims Act.

Federal Newscast

Q4 do’s and don’ts

Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners joins host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center for a wide ranging discussion that includes the GSA Schedule program, and the delay in Alliant 3.