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Back in March, the Navy said it would test a new IT acquisition process called the innovation cell. Its purpose: to evaluate, buy and insert new commercial technologies onto its networks within the space of one year. It appears to have worked. The Navy made its first awards under the Innovation Cell framework yesterday. Victor Gavin is the Navy's program executive officer for enterprise information systems, and Dan DelGrosso is the PEO-EIS technical director. On Federal Drive with Tom Temin, they talked with Federal News Radio's Jared Serbu about the awards, and what the Navy has learned from the process so far. Gavin speaks first.
November 25, 2015 -
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The Air Force's outgoing acquisition chief says there is a lack of incentives for making program schedules faster.
November 25, 2015 -
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As possibly the biggest buyer of fuel in the world, the Defense Department can ill-afford to make mistakes in forecasting prices. If it guesses wrong, it could face billions in unforeseen costs. But the Government Accountability Office found mistakes can happen. And this one was a doozy. Johana Ayers, GAO's director of defense capabilities and management issues, fills in Federal Drive with Tom Temin on all the details.
November 25, 2015 -
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The Navy made its first awards under its new Innovation Cell framework for rapid IT acquisition Tuesday, and will insert new technologies for virtual desktops and military base IT infrastructure within the coming months.
November 25, 2015 -
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The contracting world is competitive, to say the last. Contractors can be tempted to overlook certain bid specs to get ahead of the competition. But details like security clearances and other personnel qualifications are crucial. It's a big mistake to think the government isn't paying attention. Two companies recently learned that lesson the hard way. Larry Allen is the president of Allen Federal Business Partners. He tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin that some services contractors need to be reminded of key basics.
November 24, 2015 -
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Richard Lieberman, a consultant and retired attorney, warns government contractors not to begin work until they really have a contract.
November 24, 2015 -
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David Shea, director of the Office of Charge Card Management at the General Services Administration joins host Mark Amtower to discuss all aspects of the federal SmartPay program. November 23, 2015
November 23, 2015 -
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Agencies and industry have a few more days to tell the General Services Administration what they think about the next, big governmentwide acquisition contract. GSA is accepting a second round of comments on the $50 billion Alliant 2 GWAC. Federal News Radio’s Jason Miller spoke with the trio of GSA executives running the contract — Casey Kelley, Richard Blake and John Cavadias on Federal Drive with Tom Temin. They discussed the program and how it'll be different than the current Alliant GWAC. First, we hear from Cavadias, the senior contracting officer in the Enterprise Acquisition Division of the Federal Acquisition Service.
November 23, 2015 -
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The DHS Office of Inspector General listed nine management and performance challenges for the department in 2015. Better acquisition, financial management, IT and department integration are among the suggestions.
November 23, 2015 -
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It was a big week for personnel moves within the military’s acquisition leadership. Last Monday, Heidi Shyu, the Army’s top acquisition executive sent a note to staff saying she’d be moving on from government, and just…
November 23, 2015 -
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The Professional Services Council’s 51st annual Vision Forecast found Defense Department and civilian agency spending on technology spending to increase over the next few years.
November 20, 2015 -
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The Federal Acquisition Regulations Council issued a proposed rule asking for input on how to move the government away from using the proprietary standard or number for uniquely identifying entities receiving federal awards provided for decades by Dun & Bradstreet.
November 19, 2015 -
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John Shoraka, associate administrator of Government Contracting and Business Development at the U.S. Small Business Administration, talks small business contracting with host Derrick Dortch. November 20, 2015
November 18, 2015 -
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A new University of Maryland's School of Public Policy study says that legislative requirements for small business may actual hinder those business from growing.
November 17, 2015
