Contracting
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The Defense Department is in the midst of an acquisition program for a new fighter jet — an extensively modified version of the F-15, known as the F-15EX.
December 01, 2021 -
Cost reimbursement contracts make up a small percentage but a sizeable chunk of contracting dollars spent by the National Security Agency. Inspector General Robert Storch had the details on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 01, 2021 -
The injunction applies only to federal contracts in Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee, but is the first court decision among numerous lawsuits challenging the mandate.
November 30, 2021 -
The Pentagon is considering profit incentives and source selection criteria to get defense contractors to up their cybersecurity game before CMMC 2.0 becomes a reality.
November 26, 2021 -
The move exempts tens of thousands of federal contractors from the federal vaccine mandate.
November 24, 2021 -
American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier Group, which won and then lost the multibillion dollar award following an earlier round of protests, said it has lodged a new challenge with the Government Accountability Office.
November 24, 2021 -
This week on Off the Shelf, Miller & Chevalier’s Jason Workmaster joined host Roger Waldron for lively discussion of what government contractors should focus on as they navigate the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
November 23, 2021 -
This week on Off the Shelf, Bill Gormley, president of the Gormley Group, joined host Roger Waldron for a wide ranging discussion of the top contracting trends impacting the General Services Administration, customer agencies, and industry.
November 23, 2021 -
Dan Graves, chief technology officer at Delphix, joined host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss the challenges federal IT officials face when managing diverse data sets.
November 23, 2021 -
Lisa Shea Mundt of The Pulse of GovCon joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the top issues issues facing small government contractors.
November 22, 2021 -
The Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University won a contract to help the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering review the contracting activities of DARPA.
November 19, 2021 -
DoD picks Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Oracle for multibillion dollar project to replace JEDI CloudThe decision followed several months of market research, and represented a change from DoD’s initial plans for the contract.
November 19, 2021 -
More than 90% of GSA's contractors have signed agreements incorporating the mandate into their contracts, including 95% of vendors on GSA's Federal Supply Schedule.
November 19, 2021 -
GSA has begun development on Alliant 3, will begin releasing RFPs for the Polaris small business contract in January, and is prioritizing development of Services MAC, a follow-on to OASIS.
November 18, 2021 -
Steven Hernandez, Education’s chief information security officer, said interagency data-sharing initiatives to strengthen authentication for zero trust could also lay the groundwork for shared services around identity and authentication for zero trust.
November 18, 2021