Acquisition Policy
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A new report by George Mason University's Center for Government Contracting chronicles the ways in which the Defense budgeting process has become increasingly inflexible over the last seven decades, how it's shackled technological innovation in DoD, and what to do about it.
December 21, 2022 -
The new normal this time of year is for those in the federal contracting community to wait and hope Congress enacts funding for the next fiscal year. Plus, there are always those changes in the federal acquisition regulations. So who's making the lives of the government's industry partners easier and who deserves a lump of coal from Santa this year?
December 20, 2022 -
The departments of Justice and Homeland Security now have until May 31, 2026 to complete the transition from Networx for voice, video and data network services.
December 16, 2022 -
The Army is asking industry — and itself — whether it truly needs to own and maintain 350,000 high-end tactical radios. Buying simpler radios and leasing the more advanced ones are among the options on the table.
December 16, 2022 -
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy has been banging this particular drum for years now. Not only are agencies allowed to engage in discussions with industry before they craft procurements, doing so is usually a good thing. Now that principle is enshrined in the Federal Acquisition Regulation via a new rule issued just last week.
December 06, 2022 -
The Government Accountability Office dismissed 117 protests after NITAAC said it reassess the self-scoring cut-off line and relook at offers.
December 01, 2022 -
The Biden administration has proposed a new rule for federal contractors. It wants them to report their greenhouse gas emission levels, financial risks, and what the proposals calls "science-based emissions reduction targets."
November 21, 2022 -
When faced with a crush of protests, other agencies have struggled to get out from underneath them to award large contract vehicles and now NITAAC is facing a similar challenge.
November 17, 2022 -
Tim Cook, executive director of the Center for Procurement Advocacy (CPA) and Tom Sisti, vice president, and general counsel of the Coalition for Government Procurement discuss key developments in acquisition policy programs.
November 14, 2022 -
No one particularly likes Defense Department's PPBE process. It’s rigid, inflexible, and very slow. But it's been encoded into the DNA of the Defense bureaucracy for more than 60 years. Over the next year, two separate groups of experts will try to figure out how to fix the system.
November 03, 2022 -
Jim Ghiloni, a group manager at FedSIM, said GSA is in the initial stages of development of Research, Innovation and Outcomes (RIO) vehicle to help small businesses in the Small Business Research Innovation (SBIR) program.
November 02, 2022 -
The General Services Administration is surging resources to fix the problems with the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) transition to the new validation service, but companies and lawmakers remain frustrated.
November 01, 2022 -
The Defense Department is working on new initiatives to reduce the long-term ownership costs of its major platforms. While those systems are expensive up-front, sustainment expenses make up about 70% of the average weapons system’s total lifecycle cost.
November 01, 2022 -
The Army says SBOMs are "going to happen" and is now asking for feedback on how to use them as part of the acquisition process.
October 31, 2022 -
Jason Workmaster, a member at Miller & Chevalier, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a discussion of then current legal and policy issues in government contracting.
October 31, 2022