Acquisition Policy
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A rare, joint memo from three military service secretaries directs acquisition officials to build open architectures into all new programs.
February 11, 2019 -
One of the enduring questions of the ages, at least in government contracting, is what counts as a small business and what happens when it grows bigger during the course of a contract?
February 07, 2019 -
The Air Force wants program managers to be able to spot good code in software.
February 07, 2019 -
Former federal IT executives say the 1996 law is not the problem, but it’s the processes that grew up around the Clinger-Cohen Act are making IT acquisition too difficult.
February 05, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general found that when it comes to detention facilities contractors, Immigration and Customs Enforcement doesn't adequately hold them accountable for written performance standards.
February 05, 2019 -
After years of preparing companies for stricter cybersecurity requirements, DoD is finally cracking down.
February 04, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, an internal email to staff at the National Park Service explained the effect the partial government shutdown had on the agency.
February 04, 2019 -
Five years after it broke open, the Navy's contract scandal, "Fat Leonard," is still producing indictments and prison sentences. For some perspective, Bruno Wengrowski joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
February 04, 2019 -
Peter Navarro, the assistant to the President and director of Trade and Industrial Policy at the White House, said 14 agencies spent more than $45 billion on infrastructure projects in 2016 without any Buy American requirements.
January 31, 2019 -
The D.C. area's senate delegation is taking an interest in cybersecurity beneath the city's streets.
January 29, 2019 -
Jonathan Aronie, partner at Sheppard Mullin discusses schedule modernization, bid protests, Section 846 and transactional data reporting and more during a wide ranging discussion with host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf.
January 28, 2019 -
The Department of Homeland Security issued a notice to contractors setting expectations about the timing of solicitations and other acquisition activities for after the shutdown ends.
January 28, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, President Donald Trump hints that another government shutdown is likely after funding runs out again in three weeks.
January 28, 2019 -
Marina Fox, from the dot gov domain services in office of governmentwide policy at GSA, said an 18-month effort proved that artificial intelligence could help make sure agencies meet federal regulatory requirements easier.
January 25, 2019 -
For some answers regarding protests and the partial government shutdown, procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
January 24, 2019