Contracting
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In today's Federal Newscast, acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie urges Congress to take action to permanently fund the Veterans Choice program.
April 30, 2018 -
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy details new goals for category management in version 3 of the governmentwide strategy.
April 30, 2018 -
Criminal investigators are looking into contracts that spent $500 million on intel program, at least a tenth of which may have been wasted.
April 27, 2018 -
The 150-member Republican Study Committee has listed its budget priorities for 2019, calling for eliminating all automatic pay raises for federal workers, and increasing their contributions to their own retirement. The conservative group's also wants to make it easier for federal employees to be fired.
April 27, 2018 -
Parent awardee Iron Bow Technologies offered printers made by Lexmark, which is wholly owned by Chinese entities with close ties to that country's government.
April 26, 2018 -
Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan says there has been a lot of misconceptions about the JEDI contract.
April 24, 2018 -
Elliott Yama, the chief data analyst of Apttus, describes four procurement areas where AI and automation technologies can help.
April 24, 2018 -
Defense agency reorganizations in a bill from Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) are major concerns for federal contractors.
April 23, 2018 -
A new report from the U.S. China Commission details why agencies, contractors aren’t doing enough to protect their networks, systems from foreign suppliers.
April 23, 2018 -
The U.S. military is employing a mixture of procurement contracts and innovative practices to speed up the acquisition of defensive and offensive cyber technology.
April 23, 2018 -
The NDIA sponsors the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference to give SOCOM face-time with members of the defense industry to discuss gaps in capabilities and how industry can best fill them.
April 20, 2018 -
The second draft RFP, answers to questions and the cover memo raise more questions regarding the Defense Department's justification for a single award strategy.
April 20, 2018 -
Michael Beckerman, the president and CEO of the Internet Association, makes the case for why agencies should adopt commercial cloud services.
April 20, 2018 -
Rep. Mac Thornberry's (R-Texas) latest proposal for acquisition reform presses DoD to implement the initiatives Congress has already passed; borrows heavily from "809 panel" for new ones.
April 19, 2018 -
Chris Howard, the vice president of federal sales for Nutanix, explains why a multi-cloud environment for the military makes more sense.
April 18, 2018