Contracts/Awards
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Federal Chief Information Officer Tony Scott released a draft open source software policy with a goal of reducing duplicative purchases and taking advantage of industry best practices by sharing reusable source code.
March 10, 2016 -
One small, disadvantaged company found itself on the short end of the stick when after three protests, its award from the Agriculture Department got switched to the protester. Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss the lessons learned.
March 10, 2016 -
NSA is setting up a rapid acquisition office to help engage industry and help the industrial base.
March 09, 2016 -
Sean McAfee, the deputy director of the National Cybersecurity Assessment and Technical Services, will lead the cyber operations part of the Homeland Security Department’s new Silicon Valley office, where he will work with companies to find innovations that the government can test and scale across all agencies as soon as possible.
March 09, 2016 -
The Office of Management and Budget’s new draft policy recognizes the data center consolidation and optimization initiative must fold in several ongoing priorities — from infrastructure and systems modernization, to cybersecurity, cloud first, and the greening of the government — to be more effective.
March 07, 2016 -
The Navy is reviewing its acquisition processes to reduce complexity and give contracting officers more time to talk to industry in developing requirements.
March 07, 2016 -
The Small Business Administration is trying to institutionalize accountability across the government for meeting small business contracting goals as well as answer critics by increasing the amount of “eligible” procurement dollars.
March 04, 2016 -
Amy Caro, vice president, Health Solutions at Northrop Grumman joins host Roger Waldron on Off the Shelf for a wide ranging discussion of the healthcare Information Technology market. February 23, 2016
March 03, 2016 -
DoD's proposed rule on independent research and development left more questions than answers for industry.
March 03, 2016 -
The Small Business Administration is reporting that agencies surpassed the 5 percent governmentwide goal of awarding contracts to women-owned small businesses in 2015 for the first time ever.
March 02, 2016 -
Officials with OPM and OMB touted the Human Capital and Training Solutions contract as the first and best of its kind under the Obama administration's category management initiative.
March 02, 2016 -
Congress warned the General Services Administration must find a good deal, meet financial and security requirements and remain fair when choosing a site to build a new FBI headquarters. Lawmakers say they are not underestimating the importance of FBI consolidation but are looking for more details as GSA finalizes funding and projects its cost savings for the development.
March 01, 2016 -
Lawmakers pushed for provisions of the Defending American’s Small Contractors bill to be folded into the 2017 NDAA.
March 01, 2016 -
Mark Schwartz, chief information officer of the Citizenship and Immigration Services, said by moving legacy systems to the cloud, updates become more agile.
February 26, 2016 -
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy named 10 new category managers Feb. 25 to lead the commodity buying areas that represent more than $270 billion a year.
February 25, 2016