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HSGAC Chairman Gary Peters says legislation is ‘forthcoming’ in the areas of customer service and AI.
The rulemaking is largely what CMMC insiders expected, but it still raises questions, like how the certification program will impact external IT service providers.
Acquisition is an eternal function to keep the government running. It is also constantly changing. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin next guest knows the ins and outs, having just left the General Services Administration as commissioner of its Federal Acquisition Service.
Christine Harada, the senior advisor in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, said more than 700 contracting officers have taken the new certification process of the Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C) in the first year.
Tom Howder, the soon-to-be acting commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service at GSA, said expanding the Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) program is one of several new priorities for fiscal 2024.
The commander of Army Futures Command wants to move toward acquisition strategies that can field new capabilities in under two years -- but he says he's mindful of the integration problems that can accompany rapid acquisition.
The much-anticipated rule lays out DoD's plan for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements.
It looks like Congress has managed to get the National Defense Authorization law done before December 31. As always, the bill is chock full of items federal contractors should pay attention to.
Sonny Hashmi, the commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service at the General Services Administration, is heading back to industry in 2024.
David Drabkin, a fellow at the Stevens Institute of Technology Acquisition Innovation Research Center, and Chris Yukins, a professor at the George Washington University law school and a fellow with Acquisition Innovation Research Center, led a review of DoD’s protest data, specifically focused on agency-level complaints.
Jeff Koses, GSA’s senior procurement executive, said updating the language in the Competition in Contracting Act to focus on best value instead of lowest cost will go a long way to limiting the use of LPTA.
The General Services Administration is facing two new protests of its small business IT services contract known as Polaris, while VA’s awards under T4NG2 remain intact, so far.
Christine Harada, the senior advisor in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, said there are four areas of focus under the Better Contracting Initiative, including enterprisewide software licensing and new guidance to improve requirements development.
The rule will include key details on the "most ambitious cybersecurity conformity initiative ever attempted,”