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The State Department wants industry to help it write a new playbook for government cybersecurity best practices. State's Bureau of Information Resource Management, Information Assurance (IRM/IA) is looking for "specialized cybersecurity experts" who can write a how-to guide for responding to cyber attacks and coordinating offensive cyber activities.
The Government Accountability Office has revisited the weapon system acquisition programs at the Defense Department, only to find that many of its recommendations haven't been hold yet.
GSA's office of integrated technology services and the Defense Information Systems Agency are in discussions to determine whether cloud is a "sufficiently defined" market to warrant a new multiple award contract of its own.
More than 150 national defense projects would be at risk if the Defense Department enters fiscal year 2016 under a Continuing Resolution. The Air Force could take the brunt of that with depleted ranks and 50 programs on the potential chopping block. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, tells In Depth with Francis Rose there's not much you can do, if you sell to the Pentagon, except prepare for the worst.
Sixteen vendors are winners in 18F's Agile Blanket Purchase Agreement from the General Services Administration. It requires vendors to submit a working prototype based on a public dataset and then use a git repository to show their work. 18F worked closely with the Federal Acquisition Service to make the awards to large and small businesses. Bill Gormley, president of the Gormley Group, spoke to In Depth on Francis Rose about the award.
The Defense Department is trying to alleviate concerns from industry about new procedures for independent research and development and getting paid for it. DoD laid out new requirements in its Better Buying Power 3.0 plan in April to increase oversight of independent R&D. Federal News Radio’s Executive Editor Jason Miller joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin discuss why industry is concerned and what DoD is doing about it.
Frank Kendall, DoD’s undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, clarifies new rules about public funding as the Pentagon begins investing in Silicon Valley.
In lieu of a government shutdown, a continuing resolution can be an improvement opportunity for agency leaders and transition officers.
The Office of Personnel Management and Department of Defense have awarded a $133 million contract to help protect the personal information of people impacted by the cyber breach.
Contractors, government relationship feeling the impact of cutting-edge technology, resulting in potentially cheaper and more efficient manufacturing.
The Acquisition Gateway at the General Services Administration is the culmination of a series of initiatives the administration and the agency have been focused on for a long time. Category management and hallways are just two of the initiatives rolled into the Gateway. Laura Stanton is acting assistant commissioner for the Office of Strategy Management at GSA. She told In Depth with Francis Rose that the Acquisition Gateway team makes updates and improvements to the tool all the time.
DHS and GSA choose Booz Allen and HP Enterprise Services to provide tools and services under two task orders under the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program.
Subcontractor employees now have new legal recourse against their prime contractors, thanks to a recent court decision.
Jack Horan, Government Contracts Partner at Dentons LLP, joins host Roger Waldron to talk about recent developments under the Civil False Claims Act. September 1, 2015