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Beyond the headlines involving a new name for the B-21 long-range strike bomber, a doubling of the Air Force’s drone pilots and several new initiatives by the new chief of staff, there was an abundance of lesser-noticed news during the three days of events at the Air Force Association’s annual conference.
September 26, 2016 -
Multiple sources confirm that software giant Oracle will no longer sell directly or indirectly through the IT schedule program.
September 26, 2016 -
The Pentagon is developing a secure cloud computing architecture that will create a standard approach for boundary and application level security for commercial services.
September 26, 2016 -
Vendors who won a spot on the Human Capital and Training Solutions (HCaTs) contracts received the notice to proceed, but the Alliant 2 solicitation faces another protest.
September 26, 2016 -
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower to discuss transactional data reporting, GSA schedules, and current changes in the procurement arena. September 26, 2016
September 25, 2016 -
The House Veterans Affairs Committee wrote to the Justice Department, asking that DOJ investigate whether VA officials lied before Congress when they testified about ongoing schedule and cost overruns for new medical center in Denver. A new report from VA's inspector general slammed the department's leadership for making poor decisions about the hospital's construction that weren't in the best interest of the veterans they hope to serve.
September 23, 2016 -
Christian Marrone, vice president, External Affairs and chief of staff for CSRA, Inc., discusses the federal IT marketplace, and the role his company' s next generation IT is playing in meeting mission requirements. September 20, 2016
September 22, 2016 -
The Defense Department issued a RFI to industry outlining 12 functional areas it wants to upgrade using government-owned and commercial technologies.
September 22, 2016 -
Having a foreign subsidiary in a country getting preference in an acquisition ... that may not be enough to overcome a protest. That's what a court initially decided when the Air Force went ahead with an acquisition using a subsidiary of a U.S. company and not one home-grown in Denmark. But there's a twist. Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo with Petrillo and Powell fills in all the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
September 22, 2016 -
As the federal government moves steadily, if not quickly, toward IT modernization and data-driven solutions, executives from fields other than IT are looking at how new technologies, like simulations, can benefit their missions.
September 22, 2016 -
The Air Force is beginning to see glimmers of progress under a sweeping plan that aims to eventually give its weapons systems the same amount of cybersecurity attention the service devotes to its traditional IT networks.
September 22, 2016 -
The Air Force is setting up three teams to look at squadrons, joint training and technology.
September 20, 2016 -
Kevin Youel Page, the deputy commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service at GSA, said collecting sales information from contractors will help make the government better buyers and vendors better sellers.
September 20, 2016 -
Contractors wondering about how they'll make a living next year should look at four major buying vehicles. They're all undergoing updates to some degree. But to ride a horse, you've got to get your fannie in the saddle. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
September 19, 2016 -
Defense Department spending on research and development has suffered historic declines during the budget drawdown that’s been in progress since 2009.
September 19, 2016