Acquisition
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Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower in this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the current GovCon landscape.
June 26, 2023 -
Acquisition is more than a routine, if complicated, administrative process. It takes skill, collaboration and strategic thinking.
June 22, 2023 -
Because cyber threats ceaselessly change, so do the protective measures agencies need to take. Cybersecurity guidelines from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) never stay static either.
June 12, 2023 -
A memo released today extends the deadline for when agencies have to start collecting secure software attestation forms from vendors.
June 09, 2023 -
Kurt DelBene, VA’s chief information officer and assistant secretary in the Office of Information and Technology, said he will hold contractors more accountable through smaller tasks and specific metrics of success.
June 09, 2023 -
Jeff Koses, senior procurement executive at the General Services Administration, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to give an update on GSA’s key acquisition policy priorities,
June 08, 2023 -
Mark Borkowski (left), the chief acquisition officer and assistant commissioner of the Customs and Border Protection directorate in the Homeland Security Department, will leaver federal service on June 30.
June 07, 2023 -
Scott Simpson, the digital transformation lead in the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer at DHS, said about 200 contracting officers are testing three AI capabilities to see how they more easily can help them find possible contractors to bid on solicitations.
June 06, 2023 -
The Air Force plans to extend the capabilities of its future fighter jets with semi-autonomous drones built with commercially available parts.
June 05, 2023 -
DHS is reshaping its approach to technology by focusing on more agile, iterative projects, and reducing its reliance on big system integrators.
May 31, 2023 -
The Pentagon says the priorities for DEOS are to develop, deliver and maintain the classified DOD O365 platform, and continue ongoing sustainment of the unclassified joint environment.
May 31, 2023 -
Brian Friel, co-founder of BD Squared, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a wide-ranging update on the leading governmentwide, Best-in-Class IDIQ contract programs.
May 30, 2023 -
In an effort to adapt to modern acquisition policy, the Army is revamping its acquisition workforce.
May 29, 2023 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is ramping up IT spending across several major projects, but those contracting dollars are increasingly concentrated amongst a handful of large companies.
May 26, 2023 -
Space Force uses an acquisition formula that allows for satellite deliveries in a two-year time frame with increasing numbers in each delivery.
May 26, 2023