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Frank Kendall, the undersecretary of Defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, used his final public remarks as Pentagon acquisition chief Tuesday to argue that DoD has made significant, demonstrable progress in improving outcomes from its procurement system, and that if Congress wants to help, it should largely stay out of the way.
January 18, 2017 -
Bill Ott, Julie McPherson, and Greg Wenzel with Booz Allen Hamilton's Strategic Innovation Group join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss what federal agencies can do to improve their digital services. January 17, 2017
January 17, 2017 -
The Unified Shared Services Management office released a concept of operations and an RFI for software-as-a-service as part of its plan to continue moving the initiative forward in 2017.
January 17, 2017 -
The Government Accountability Office’s decision to deny four protests of GSA’s Alliant 2 contracts for IT services could end up being a landmark ruling.
January 17, 2017 -
Guy Timberlake, chief visionary officer of The American Small Business Coalition, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss some of the big issues affecting small business contractors. January 23, 2017
January 15, 2017 -
Roger Waldron, president of the Coalition for Government Procurement, discusses a critical issue driving unnecessary costs and other inefficiencies in the government’s purchase of products, including pharmaceuticals.
January 13, 2017 -
The newest edition of the National Association of Corporate Directors' Cyber-Risk Oversight handbook advises private sector managers and boards of directors to think about cybersecurity at both the front and back ends, and use available government resources.
January 12, 2017 -
Mike Pullen, director of Strategic Operations at CGI, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the current state of communication between government and industry. January 10, 2017
January 12, 2017 -
Army Chief of Staff Mark Milley joined the Army Secretary and the Navy in asking for readiness money before expanding end strength.
January 12, 2017 -
The Navy says it wants any extra funds to go to current ship maintenance before building to Trump's ideal 350 ship fleet.
January 11, 2017 -
Tech savvy college students may have the answers for solving the Pentagon's biggest problems, but they don't how the Defense acquisition regulations work. That can be a problem itself. Chris Taylor is former Defense contractor CEO and adjunct professor of national security studies at Georgetown University, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin about his Hacking for Defense class.
January 11, 2017 -
Kymm McCabe, technology principle with Deloitte Consulting, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the keys to a digital transformation in the federal space. January 3, 2017
January 10, 2017 -
The Pentagon is developing a new web portal to make it easier for firms to let the government know about their independent research & development (IR&D) activities.
January 10, 2017 -
The Air Force is standing up a new, full-time office dedicated to protecting its weapons systems from cyber attacks.
January 10, 2017 -
The Defense Department is already acting on some of the 11 recommendations the Defense Innovation Board approved Jan. 9.
January 09, 2017