Acquisition Policy
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Margaret Boatner, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for strategy and acquisition reform, said new approaches to buying software already are paying off.
April 15, 2024 -
The General Services Administration made eight awards under the next generation Commercial Platform Initiative, including four to small businesses.
March 27, 2024 -
GSA issued an acquisition letter detailing the certain conditions when contracting officers can buy cloud services with upfront payments.
March 15, 2024 -
The defense industrial base roster of companies keeps shrinking, and supply chain snags have become constant.
March 14, 2024 -
Lawmakers took GSA to task for purchasing 150 China-made video conferencing cameras in 2022, calling it "a very troubling episode."
March 01, 2024 -
New Senate bill would help small businesses compete on skills and capabilities rather than just price at the main contract level.
February 29, 2024 -
The proposed rules would also require ICT contractors to report a cyber incident to the government within eight hours.
February 22, 2024 -
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) is concerned about a recent GSA IG report that found GSA bought 150 videoconference cameras manufactured in China
February 16, 2024 -
Contractors probably know as much about the risks to national security as the Defense and Homeland Security Departments. One view suggests the federal acquisition system hinders those departments from obtaining what they really need.
February 13, 2024 -
Michael Derrios, the senior procurement executive at the State Department, said he’s building acquisition centers across four major lines of business.
February 09, 2024 -
Mike Shepherd, the director of the catalog management office at GSA, said the next step for the catalog modernization effort is to bring in service contractors.
February 05, 2024 -
Scott Simpson, the digital transformation lead for the Procurement Innovation Lab at the Homeland Security Department, said it’s planning a “hack the policy” event this year to update or eliminate acquisition requirements that are out of date.
January 29, 2024 -
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy issued a new memo outlining several specific steps for how agencies can increase the number of small business awards under multiple-award contracts.
January 26, 2024 -
Given the significant implications for our supply chain and national security, policymakers need to decide on an approach and act.
January 26, 2024 -
The challenges facing our nation are many and significant. They require agile means to access the innovation needed to address them. That agility cannot be found in a system made sclerotic by mechanisms focused on compliance without a concomitant demonstration of benefit.
January 19, 2024