Contracting
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Even simplified acquisitions can get an agency tied into knots. Attorney Joseph Petrillo joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin with details.
November 17, 2021 -
DHS was concerned the Pentagon's approach was too "heavy-handed." Now, officials think "CMMC 2.0" might leave gaps in contractor cybersecurity.
November 16, 2021 -
Michael LeJeune, partner and Federal Access program manager at RSM Federal, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss what small companies can do to grow their business.
November 16, 2021 -
Pat Flanders, the chief information officer at DHA, said the military services and defense agencies will see a more consistent and more secure set of technology tools.
November 12, 2021 -
The FAA is seeking new designs for control towers that are both functional and distinctive.
November 12, 2021 -
The Pentagon is encouraging defense contractors to up their cybersecurity game, but new requirements could take until 2023 to show up in contracts.
November 10, 2021 -
Imagine Nation, the annual leadership conference put on by the American Council for Technology Industry Advisory Council, returned to in-person earlier this week.
November 10, 2021 -
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have concluded the federal procurement system isn't nearly as competitive as it should or could be. For more on what they looked at and what they found, Federal Drive talked to Karam Kang, one of the project's co-authors
November 10, 2021 -
Multibillion dollar award goes to Homesafe Alliance, LLC, a venture led by KBR. The company initially lost the contract last year, but lodged a successful bid protest.
November 04, 2021 -
The Pentagon is revising its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program by massively reducing the amount of companies that would require third-party assessments and providing new waiver processes for select requirements.
November 04, 2021 -
DoD's use of other transaction agreements has expanded ten-fold in the past five years, but even inside the acquisition workforce, there are still persistent myths about what OTAs can and can't do.
November 04, 2021 -
Bill Morris, business operations manager at Noblis RunAcquisitions, says rather than being overwhelmed by the growing complexity of acquisitions, agencies employing lifecycle acquisitions management can streamline their operations.
November 03, 2021 -
The Air Force's Office of Financial Management and Comptroller is making lots of moves to improve its IT, including developing a new acquisition strategy, hiring a CDO, implementing automation and addressing ICAM issues.
November 02, 2021 -
The Defense Information Systems Agency annual forecast to industry day highlighted several upcoming contract opportunities, but more importantly laid out the path the agency is heading for the next year.
November 02, 2021 -
Sheppard Mullin partners Jonathan Aronie, Ryan Roberts, and Denise Giraudo, joined host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the implementation of President Joe Biden’s Executive Order on Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors.
November 01, 2021