Contracts/Awards
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Four members of the House Armed Services Committee wrote to President Donald Trump that any further delays to the cloud procurement known as JEDI would harm the Pentagon.
July 19, 2019 -
Rick Hill, senior vice president at HumanTouch LLC, argues that DoD needs agility and flexibility and a single cloud approach under JEDI would not give them those features.
July 19, 2019 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, USDA is facing more congressional backlash for its plans to relocate two research bureaus to Kansas City, and the DoD Inspector General says former Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White misused her subordinates’ time.
July 19, 2019 -
Responses to the Army's Enterprise IT-as-a-Service prototype are due within a month, work is set to begin by the end of this year.
July 17, 2019 -
Retired Army Col. Dr. Ron Poropatich with details about efforts to develop an autonomous trauma care system for wounded soldiers in remote places.
July 17, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Mark Esper is poised to become the next Defense secretary. If he’s confirmed, one of his first jobs will be to help fill the rest of the vacant politically-appointed positions in the Pentagon.
July 17, 2019 -
The Court of Federal Claims' brief ruling did not fully explain the rationale behind the decision, but appeared to clear the way for DoD to award the $10 billion contract next month.
July 12, 2019 -
Brent Calhoon, a partner in Baker Tilly’s government contractor advisory services practice, makes the case for why DoD shouldn’t wait for Congress to act on the Section 809 panel recommendations.
July 11, 2019 -
A panel of legal experts present the 2019 Rogers Awards which highlight some of the most significant government contracts developments from the past year.
July 10, 2019 -
When it eventually awards JEDI, DOD will have to be totally transparent.
July 09, 2019 -
GSA outlined its strategy to award multiple contracts to e-marketplace providers and pilot this approach with open market products that fall under the micro-purchase threshold of $10,000.
July 02, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Management and Budget has given agencies a timeline to switch from paper records, to electronic records.
July 01, 2019 -
The Court of Federal Claims is scheduled to hear oral arguments from government, AWS and Oracle lawyers on July 10 over JEDI, DoD’s $10 billion cloud procurement.
June 28, 2019 -
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. When the government gets super specific in a request for proposals, it’s got to be equally specific…
June 27, 2019 -
DoD's general purpose cloud is coming later than expected.
June 25, 2019