Acquisition Policy

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event on manufacturing and buying American-made products at UAW Region 1 headquarters in Warren, Mich., Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Agencies on the hook to meet new Buy American acquisition goals for most products

OMB is releasing an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking today that, among other things, raises the percentage of component parts required to be manufactured…

Acquisition Policy

An update on key DoD and VA procurement programs

Off the Shelf

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2021, file image from video, Jeff Zients, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to the president., Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, chair of the COVID-19 health equity task force, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Andy Slavitt, senior adviser to the White House COVID-19 Response Team,, appear on screen during a White House briefing on the Biden administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington. (White House via AP, File)

GAO: Agencies could’ve been more transparent in pandemic response OTA’s

Federal Newscast

Venable

What’s different — if anything — about Biden’s ‘Buy American’ agenda from past directives?

Acquisition

Executive order contains 72 initiatives on boosting competition in federal contracting

Contracting

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Making cost-reimbursement task orders part of the MAS Program

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First Look

House task force pushes Pentagon to wean itself off Chinese sources

Defense

Is competition in federal contracting dead?

Commentary

Marketing tactics for the end of FY2021

Amtower Off-Center

Labor Department brings new acquisition oversight amid OFPP limbo

Contracting

Eliminating the Price Reduction Clause is an opportunity to increase competition

Commentary

In this file photo from Wednesday, March 3, 2021, members of the Michigan National Guard join the U.S. Capitol Police to keep watch over the Capitol grounds in Washington, in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection by a mob loyal to former President Donald Trump. The Guard mission is ending as Democrats and Republicans spar over whether to form an independent bipartisan commission to investigate the attack that sought to overturn Trump's loss to Joe Biden. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

National Guard readies severe budget measures to cover this year’s Capitol security costs

Funding shortfalls will have serious consequences in the final quarter of this fiscal year because of unexpected bills related to security at the Capitol,…

DoD Reporter's Notebook

JEDI is dead, but danger is still ahead: How to get better cloud capabilities in less time, with less risk

While there are some encouraging signs in the new acquisition approach as the department rises to its feet, there are also some opportunities for improvement…

Commentary

CIO-SP4 just gave contractors 50 billion reasons to consider the SBA Mentor-Protege program

Commentary

NITAAC’s CIO-SP4 appears to be a not-so-subtle endorsement of the joint venture teaming arrangement that is one of the focal points of the SBA’s Mentor-Protege Program.

Acquisition Policy

Agencies on the hook to meet new Buy American acquisition goals for most products

An update on key DoD and VA procurement programs

GAO: Agencies could’ve been more transparent in pandemic response OTA’s

What’s different — if anything — about Biden’s ‘Buy American’ agenda from past directives?

Executive order contains 72 initiatives on boosting competition in federal contracting

Making cost-reimbursement task orders part of the MAS Program

House task force pushes Pentagon to wean itself off Chinese sources

Is competition in federal contracting dead?

Marketing tactics for the end of FY2021

Labor Department brings new acquisition oversight amid OFPP limbo

Eliminating the Price Reduction Clause is an opportunity to increase competition

National Guard readies severe budget measures to cover this year’s Capitol security costs

JEDI is dead, but danger is still ahead: How to get better cloud capabilities in less time, with less risk

CIO-SP4 just gave contractors 50 billion reasons to consider the SBA Mentor-Protege program

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