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Mark E. Krzysko, deputy director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, told Federal News Radio about the new system the Pentagon is using to improve acquisition. The Acquisition Visibility program gives DoD officials on-demand access to procurement data.
The Defense Department will focus its energies on trying to make its IT systems so hard to penetrate that adversaries won\'t bother trying. The Pentagon barely mentions offensive capabilities in its new cyber strategy.
GAO finds the Pentagon isn\'t moving fast enough in improving the skills of their workforce. House lawmakers focused in the acquisition workforce, specifically. DoD defended its efforts, pointing to the 8,600 new acquisition workers hired over the past few years.
Jacob Haynes, the Defense Contract Management Agency\'s CIO, said a zero client set up will rely totally on the cloud for all computing needs. July 14, 2011
Marion Blakey is the President and CEO of the Aerospace Industry Association.
Blue Ridge Networks\' Jerry Edgerton talks cybersecurity trends and what measures agencies should take to protect themselves on Industry Chatter with Francis Rose.
The Professional Services Council details likes and dislikes of procurement language in the 2012 DoD Authorization bill.
As terminations become more likely due to tightening budgets, GAO said NASA needs to develop more guidance for its acquisition professionals. Cristina Chaplain, director of acquisitions and sourcing management at GAO, spoke with Federal News Radio about the recommendations.
Gwynne Kostin is the Director of Mobile at the Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technologies at GSA. She explains how the program is coming along and what exactly it\'s doing to help interagency collaboration.
Federal small business contracting under scrutiny. Analysis from American Small Business League president Lloyd Chapman.
Host Roger Waldron is joined by Washington Management Group President Bill Gormley. They will talk about what agencies need to do to meet their goals for this fiscal year. July 12, 2011(Encore presentation August 23, 2011)
A new report from OFPP finds agencies spent a billion dollars less on time-and-materials and labor hours type contracts in 2010. Still, OFPP found an overall increase in cost-reimbursement type contracts. Agencies have a goal to reduce by 10 percent these types of contracts, which the administration calls risky.
CWTSatoTravel and Northrop Gruman Corporation team up after GSA decides to limit requests for proposals.
When it comes to federal contracting, you probably know the big names -- like Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.