Acquisition Policy
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George Washington University Law Professor Steve Schooner joins host Roger Waldron to discuss "Better Buying Power Principles" and their potential impact on DoD acquisition. May 31, 2016
May 27, 2016 -
Richard McKinney, the Transportation Department CIO, said he signed a memo along with the CFO and an assistant secretary to require bureau level CIOs to submit IT spending plans as part of how the agency is restructuring its oversight of technology.
May 27, 2016 -
The Navy is considering multisourcing its next NGEN contract.
May 27, 2016 -
What are the hot issues in small business contracting? Find out when contract attorney Steven Koprince joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center. May 30, 2016
May 26, 2016 -
A third report in a year suggests OPM continues to struggle to develop a credible business case and now will have trouble paying for the network and security upgrades.
May 26, 2016 -
The government can't legally write a requirement so influenced by a contractor that only that company can win. But program managers and contract officers do have their ways of getting the company they really want, even when soliciting bids. Incumbents have their tricks, too. Judy Bradt, CEO of Summit Insight, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin how to identify whether an RFQ is wired or winnable.
May 26, 2016 -
A top Department of Homeland Security official thinks 2017 is the big year for cybersecurity investment.
May 24, 2016 -
In a step that may go some way toward reducing some of the red tape between the Defense Department and cloud computing vendors, the Department of the Navy (DoN) said last week that the Navy and Marine Corps can sign off on their own business cases for migrating to commercial cloud vendors without seeking higher-level approval.
May 23, 2016 -
FedRAMP Accelerated aims to improve efficiency and transparency for parties on both sides of the authorization process.
May 20, 2016 -
DISA says it's moving away from acquisition and toward operations, still its SETI contract will be awarded as a best value contract to much fanfare.
May 20, 2016 -
Sometimes the government has really, really specific requirements it puts out for bids. For example, if it needs left-handed forklift operators, you can't bid right-handed ones. Or left-handed front-end loader operators. The Air Force and a company called All World Language Consultants didn't quite follow that policy. Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
May 19, 2016 -
The House Oversight and Government Reform committee marked up three bills aimed at agency rulemaking, project and program management, and federal construction procurement on May 17.
May 19, 2016 -
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter takes umbrage with two specific provisions in the 2017 defense authorization bills.
May 18, 2016 -
The Senate Armed Services Committee continues pushing for acquisition reform in the 2017 defense authoritarian bill.
May 17, 2016 -
Kareem El-Alaily, managing director at Censeo Consulting, and Richard Beutel, principal at Cyrrus Analytics, make the case for adding new metrics to the FITARA scorecard.
May 17, 2016