Acquisition
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Contractors probably know as much about the risks to national security as the Defense and Homeland Security Departments. One view suggests the federal acquisition system hinders those departments from obtaining what they really need.
February 13, 2024 -
Michael Derrios, the senior procurement executive at the State Department, said he’s building acquisition centers across four major lines of business.
February 09, 2024 -
Tech startups and DoD continue to talk past each other. SOCOM hopes to close that communication gap by meeting with VCs throughout the year to better startups’ challenges.
February 06, 2024 -
Mike Shepherd, the director of the catalog management office at GSA, said the next step for the catalog modernization effort is to bring in service contractors.
February 05, 2024 -
On January 25, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo to Chief Acquisition Officers and Senior Procurement Executives
February 02, 2024 -
Scott Simpson, the digital transformation lead for the Procurement Innovation Lab at the Homeland Security Department, said it’s planning a “hack the policy” event this year to update or eliminate acquisition requirements that are out of date.
January 29, 2024 -
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy issued a new memo outlining several specific steps for how agencies can increase the number of small business awards under multiple-award contracts.
January 26, 2024 -
Given the significant implications for our supply chain and national security, policymakers need to decide on an approach and act.
January 26, 2024 -
The challenges facing our nation are many and significant. They require agile means to access the innovation needed to address them. That agility cannot be found in a system made sclerotic by mechanisms focused on compliance without a concomitant demonstration of benefit.
January 19, 2024 -
MaryKathryn Robinson, the director for contract policy in the Office of Defense Pricing and Contracting, said in 2022 92% of the OTAs were awarded to those OTA contractors or performers that had a non-traditional defense contractor performer.
January 18, 2024 -
As another continuing resolution looms, agencies are in limbo as they consider starting new projects. Then you have some unfortunate protest rulings. No wonder federal contractors are nervous about calendar-year 2024. For one take on the the situation, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen.
January 17, 2024 -
DoD's overhaul of its system to move servicemembers' goods from place to place was supposed to have been implemented by now. But so far, no major moving companies have signed up.
January 16, 2024 -
The federal government has been using or developing AI for several years. Section 10 of the EO now provides uniform direction for federal government agency efforts to develop and use AI in their operations.
January 15, 2024 -
Reps. Roger Williams (R-Texas) and Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.), chairman and a member of the Small Business Committee, wrote to NASA seeking a briefing on its decision to use a specific NAICS code for its SEWP VI GWAC.
January 12, 2024 -
Reducing regulatory burdens is just one part of streamlining acquisition. Training, guidance, and accountability are ultimately determinative of success.
January 12, 2024