Contracting
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As a best practice, commercial firms leverage their buying power when acquiring supplies and services to support business operations.
June 30, 2023 -
NITAAC’s CIO-SP4 governmentwide acquisition contract may have to go back to Phase 1 of the evaluations after GAO agreed with 98 small firms’ complaints that the agency misevaluated proposals.
June 29, 2023 -
VA's third effort to replace its decades-old financial management system is in much better shape than its other multibillion dollar IT modernization programs. But lawmakers say they're watching it closely, and that failure isn't an option.
June 28, 2023 -
The Army now has an IT system to handle HR for all its components -- but it still has work to do.
June 26, 2023 -
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower in this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the current GovCon landscape.
June 26, 2023 -
Acquisition is more than a routine, if complicated, administrative process. It takes skill, collaboration and strategic thinking.
June 22, 2023 -
Because cyber threats ceaselessly change, so do the protective measures agencies need to take. Cybersecurity guidelines from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) never stay static either.
June 12, 2023 -
A memo released today extends the deadline for when agencies have to start collecting secure software attestation forms from vendors.
June 09, 2023 -
Kurt DelBene, VA’s chief information officer and assistant secretary in the Office of Information and Technology, said he will hold contractors more accountable through smaller tasks and specific metrics of success.
June 09, 2023 -
Jeff Koses, senior procurement executive at the General Services Administration, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to give an update on GSA’s key acquisition policy priorities,
June 08, 2023 -
Mark Borkowski (left), the chief acquisition officer and assistant commissioner of the Customs and Border Protection directorate in the Homeland Security Department, will leaver federal service on June 30.
June 07, 2023 -
Scott Simpson, the digital transformation lead in the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer at DHS, said about 200 contracting officers are testing three AI capabilities to see how they more easily can help them find possible contractors to bid on solicitations.
June 06, 2023 -
The Air Force plans to extend the capabilities of its future fighter jets with semi-autonomous drones built with commercially available parts.
June 05, 2023 -
DHS is reshaping its approach to technology by focusing on more agile, iterative projects, and reducing its reliance on big system integrators.
May 31, 2023 -
The Pentagon says the priorities for DEOS are to develop, deliver and maintain the classified DOD O365 platform, and continue ongoing sustainment of the unclassified joint environment.
May 31, 2023