Acquisition

Is the AI leash on federal agencies too long?

That new White House guidance on agency use of artificial intelligence embodies guardrails, but also a few opt-out scenarios.

Artificial Intelligence

The keys to winning government contracts

GSA’s new approach to small business matchmaking

Contracts/Awards

Procurement flow-downs can’t be one-sided

Commentary

Defense contractor pleads guilty to bribery

Agency Oversight

The history of eCommerce

Trends in federal procurement

FILE - This Feb. 2, 2015, file photo, depicts a part of a U.S. $100 bill. A new government report estimates that government will be paying nearly half the nation’s health care tab within 10 years. That’s even without “Medicare-for-all,” the government-run plan for all Americans that some Democratic presidential contenders are calling for. Driving the increase is traditional Medicare, experiencing a surge in enrollment as aging baby boomers shift out of private coverage. The report comes from nonpartisan experts with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Accenture Federal Services acquires major federal contractor

Federal Newscast

FILE - This June 6, 2013, file photo, shows the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md., where the U.S. Cyber Command is located. The American military services are looking for new ways to bring in more civilians with high-tech skills who can help fight Islamic State militants and prepare for the new range of technological threats the U.S. will face. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

CYBERCOM embraces the non-traditional as acquisition program grows

Defense News

Army has burned the software development bridges behind them

Ask the CIO

A policy update for government contractors

Healthcare and its impact on the VA’s mission

This week on Off the Shelf, Anthony Principi, principal of the Principi and former secretary of Veterans Affairs in the President George W. Bush Administration,…

OMB’s new guidance, RFI boost grant modernization efforts

OMB’s 2024 Revisions of the Uniform Grants Guidance aim to streamline, simplify and expand the overall reach of the $1.2 trillion that agencies award…

Management

FAR, Federal Acquisition Regulation,Contracting

Happy 40th birthday to the FAR, but has it gone too far?

Commentary

So as the FAR enters its 41st year, it is time to identify and empower a governmentwide champion to streamline procurement.