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The Coast Guard’s biggest programs, the Offshore Patrol Cutter and the Polar Security Cutter are years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget.
May 22, 2024 -
Sometimes federal procurements don't go according to the rules. Sometimes its worse, when bribes and kickbacks come into play.
May 16, 2024 -
The Army will keep most software development efforts in ongoing development mode and not transition them to sustainment as part of its modernization efforts.
May 14, 2024 -
Adoption of DoD's new software acquisition pathway has been slow, but officials are looking for ways to jumpstart its use.
May 10, 2024 -
Now that it have been 10 years since issuing them, the White House has updated what is known as Uniform Guidance on grants and federal assistance. One reason for the update: reducing regulatory burden on…
May 01, 2024 -
The Small Business Administration says agencies awarded an all-time high of 28.4% of all eligible prime contracts to small businesses last fiscal year.
April 29, 2024 -
That new White House guidance on agency use of artificial intelligence embodies guardrails, but also a few opt-out scenarios.
April 26, 2024 -
GSA’s Alliant 3 contract includes an evaluation factor to encourage large businesses to meet with small firms in one of 11 emerging technology areas.
April 23, 2024 -
Flow-down requirements are a unique, yet ubiquitous, feature of the federal acquisition system.
April 19, 2024 -
At the July 3 sentencing hearing, the scheme could result in five years of corporate probation and a half-million-dollar fine.
April 19, 2024 -
Cognosante, a provider of digital transformation and cloud modernization services, won more than $300M in federal contracts the last two years.
April 16, 2024 -
A CYBERCOM acquisition leader says she doesn’t want the command’s burgeoning buying program to be ‘stodgy and antiquated.'
April 15, 2024 -
Margaret Boatner, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for strategy and acquisition reform, said new approaches to buying software already are paying off.
April 15, 2024 -
OMB’s 2024 Revisions of the Uniform Grants Guidance aim to streamline, simplify and expand the overall reach of the $1.2 trillion that agencies award each year.
April 05, 2024 -
So as the FAR enters its 41st year, it is time to identify and empower a governmentwide champion to streamline procurement.
April 05, 2024