Acquisition Policy
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In part two of a special report: Defense Acquisition at a Crossroads, Federal News Radio examines the challenges the Defense Department will face as it implements numerous Congressional acquisition reforms, many of which it didn't ask for.
March 01, 2017 -
The Pentagon’s internal improvement plan, known as Better Buying Power, coincided with several consecutive years of declines in the rate of cost growth for the Pentagon’s major weapons systems, from more than 9 percent in 2011 to 3.5 percent in 2015, the lowest level since 1985.
February 28, 2017 -
When President Donald Trump issued his executive order freezing federal hiring, it contained a clause against using contractors to make up for it. Often these types of rules are leaky. David Berteau, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what services contractors are seeing right now.
February 27, 2017 -
Our hunger for more guidance from the Trump administration stems from what we’re used to from the last 24 years of administrations.
February 27, 2017 -
DoD may clarify its independent research and development policy to make it easier for industry to consult with the government.
February 24, 2017 -
Freezing civilian federal workers might leave the Navy short the engineers it needs to build up to 355 ships.
February 23, 2017 -
The Trump administration needs to work around roadblocks, solidify its plans and use a pinch of skepticism to better the military.
February 22, 2017 -
A Defense Department memo creates cross-functional teams to find where military services are overlapping in business practices.
February 21, 2017 -
The General Services Administration released a request for information asking for input from the data community for other potential ways to validate and verify vendors.
February 21, 2017 -
Terry Halvorsen retired Feb. 19 after spending the last two-plus years as the Department of Defense chief information officer.
February 21, 2017 -
Federal contractors can be forgiven if they're a little unsure of what to do over the next year. Between President Trump's tweets about major defense contractors and uncertainty over future General Services Administration policy, conditions are bit dicey at the moment. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, offers his take on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
February 20, 2017 -
Government Information Technology Executive Council President Sean Kelley and Lou Anne Brossman, a member of council's Executive Advisory Board, join host Mark Amtower to the upcoming GITEC summit and the value of networking in GovCon. February 20, 2017
February 19, 2017 -
This spring will see new acquisition reforms from the House Armed Services Committee along with hopes to pass appropriations bills.
February 16, 2017 -
The Defense Department still has work to do on issues that plagued the department for more than two decades, a Government Accountability Office report stated.
February 15, 2017 -
DISA is hurrying up its work to deliver unified capabilities to the Defense Department nearly a year early.
February 13, 2017