Acquisition Policy
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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said it’s planning a “hack the policy” event this year to update or eliminate acquisition requirements that are out of date.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 -
MaryKathryn Robinson, the director for contract policy in the Office of Defense Pricing and Contracting, said in 2022 92% of the OTAs were awarded to those OTA contractors or performers that had a non-traditional defense contractor performer.
January 18, 2024 -
Reps. Roger Williams (R-Texas) and Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.), chairman and a member of the Small Business Committee, wrote to NASA seeking a briefing on its decision to use a specific NAICS code for its SEWP VI GWAC.
January 12, 2024 -
Reducing regulatory burdens is just one part of streamlining acquisition. Training, guidance, and accountability are ultimately determinative of success.
January 12, 2024 -
HSGAC Chairman Gary Peters says legislation is ‘forthcoming’ in the areas of customer service and AI.
January 11, 2024 -
The rulemaking is largely what CMMC insiders expected, but it still raises questions, like how the certification program will impact external IT service providers.
January 04, 2024 -
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.
January 02, 2024 -
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.
January 01, 2024