Contracting
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After five years, experts say General Services Administration’s tool never did enough to meet customer’s specific acquisition needs.
August 20, 2018 -
For one view of how AI works and how it can augment modernization efforts, Paul Dillahay, chief executive officer of NCI, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
August 20, 2018 -
Shawn McCarthy, the research director for IDC Government Insights, said spending on legacy systems has increased by 13 percent over the last five years alone.
August 17, 2018 -
The infusion of new contractors means that the OASIS program will be well-positioned to continue to deliver best value mission support to meet customer agency needs.
August 17, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Government Publishing Offices takes another stab at finding a vendor to print and mail 2020 census forms.
August 17, 2018 -
The Pentagon is using its Other Transaction Authority for "nontraditional" contractors to replace the Defense Travel System. But the recipient is a Fortune 500 company.
August 17, 2018 -
The VA bought a generic medicine from a company selling New Jersey-made tablets containing an active ingredient from India.
August 16, 2018 -
The Defense Innovation Unit is temporarily slowing down so it won't repeat past mistakes.
August 15, 2018 -
The State Department approved hundreds of multi-million-dollar purchases without taking the due diligence to ensure the agency would get the most value for their money, according to a recent inspector general report.
August 14, 2018 -
The new Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie said several new people will be taking top-level leadership positions at the agency shortly. Pamela Powers will be the department's new chief of staff and Chris Syrek will be VA's deputy chief of staff.
August 14, 2018 -
GSA’s Kay Ely, the assistant commissioner for the IT category, announced she will retire by Dec. 31 after taking on a 90-day detail to work on the agency’s merger with OPM.
August 13, 2018 -
Agencies got a big boost in appropriations midway through the fiscal year, making it harder than usual for them to write contracts to spend all of their appropriated funds.
August 13, 2018 -
The Defense Department's process for buying commercial items can take even longer than its traditional procurement system.
August 13, 2018 -
Three federal procurement experts analyzed Oracle’s protest of DoD’s $10 billion cloud contract and found the software company is on solid ground.
August 13, 2018 -
The Army is trying to stay on the cusp of defensive cyber technology by using a consortium of companies.
August 10, 2018