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The Defense Department could be saving money and increasing efficiency with the Internet of Things, it just needs to broaden some of its ideas, states a new report.
What if you found that a major contractor to your agency was aiding those out to harm the United States? That's exactly what happened to Central Command in Afghanistan. It turns out, it's not so easy to get rid of the contractor. For lessons learned in this strange case, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to procurement attorney Joe Petrillo of the law firm Petrillo and Powell.
The Defense Department has started shopping for a vendor who can deliver "end-to-end" management of its mobile devices, all the way up to the top-secret level.
With the defense authorization bill poised for President Obama's signature, Federal News Radio looks at certain provisions that will impact federal workers.
DISA’s multiple award IT contract, ENCORE III, will help small businesses keep their status even if they grow during the contract’s lifetime.
If you're a government contractor, you probably breathed a sigh of relief at the budget deal that pushed the debt limit off until March of 2017. Agencies pay invoices in the order they are received, and time flies. Wojciech Kornacki, an associate attorney focusing on government contract law for Centre Law Group, says stay prompt and accurate in your bookkeeping, and maybe even take a closer look at your contracts.
The Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act has really shaped the role of the department-level CIO in recent months. But what about the bureau or component CIOs? Van Hitch is a specialist leader at Deloitte Consulting and member of its Federal CIO Advisory Council. Writing for Federal Times, he laid out three critical aspects that define their new roles under FITARA.
DHS Undersecretary for Management Russell Deyo has four major priorities for the final year of the Obama administration. Based on the department's "Unity of Effort" initiative, component leaders are beginning to talk to each other more and share ideas for improvement.
A group of lawmakers are backing legislation to make it easier for veterans to get approved for business contracts under the Department of Veterans Affairs. The VA is also in the midst of taking public comment on proposed changes to its verification guidelines.
Jon Etherton, president of Etherton & Associates Inc., joins host Roger Waldron to discuss the state of commercial item acquisition, contract duplication and the FY 2016 National Defense Authorization Act. November 10, 2015
Defense companies have spent a low percentage of their own funds on research and development, creating what some say is an innovation problem.
The FITARA implementation scorecard released last week by the House Oversight and Government Reform committee that shows agencies failing efforts to improve IT acquisition and operations — turned government watchers into upset parent's — asking their children why they are getting D's and F's. David Powner, director of information technology management issues at the Government Accountability Office, filled in Federal Drive with Tom Temin on the gaps in learning and a study guide for agencies to improve their FITARA grade point average.
The number of contract awards coming under protest by unsuccessful bidders has been on the upswing over the last few years. But what some are calling a simple idea could turn the needle in the other direction. In his weekly feature, Inside the Reporter’s Notebook, executive editor Jason Miller writes about why improving industry and agency communication could make procurements go more smoothly.
OFPP Administrator Anne Rung released a memo telling agencies to accept others' earned value management system certifications.