Contracting
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he\'s committed to the Air Force\'s new refueling tanker.
April 22, 2011 -
The Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command awarded 36 contracts under its OPTARSS II program. The program provides DoD with operational planning, training and more.
April 21, 2011 -
White House is considering issuing an executive order that would require vendors to submit information about their political contributions as part of their bid proposal package. Industry associations say the proposal wouldn\'t keep political influence out of the acquisition process, but likely add it in. The administration claims the draft order is all about greater transparency and accountability.
April 21, 2011 -
The Pentagon\'s acquisition chief said Wednesday that Defense leaders would \"undoubtedly\" cut more major weapons systems, possibly as soon as next year. But undersecretary of Defense Ashton Carter said there were more savings to be found in other areas of the Defense Department budget. Major weapons procurement makes up only one seventh of DoD\'s spending.
April 20, 2011 -
Erin Pitera is the VP of Federal Management Partners and describes how the Navy was able to bring on much sought-after acquisition professionals.
April 20, 2011 -
A defense contractor is admitting that it lied about replacement parts sold to the military.
April 19, 2011 -
Dendy Young, Managing Partner of McLean Capital, joins host Mark Amtower for a wide-ranging conversation on a number of contracting issues. April 18, 2011
April 18, 2011 -
Your agency could save a lot of money with improvements in the purchase card program. Former OFPP Administrator Steve Kelman will tell you how.
April 18, 2011 -
As a public-private partnership, the NextGen Equipage Fund, LLC will bring substantial private-sector capital to overcome the investment barriers that have prevented many air carriers and other operators from investing in the NextGen technologies for their aircraft. ITT\'s John Kefaliotis explains.
April 18, 2011 -
Designs that may make airplanes greener and quieter for future generations are one step closer to reality. NASA\'s Richard Wahls explains.
April 18, 2011 -
The costs of weapons and communications systems are on the rise.
April 18, 2011 -
A UMBC research park emerges as front line of defense in Cyberwars.
April 18, 2011 -
Kundra: Agencies on path for transition to cloud Agencies are on track with their cloud computing strategies. Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra told those in attendance at the NIST Cloud Computing Forum and Workshop that all agencies have identified the three systems they will move to the cloud as part of the administration’s cloud-first [...]
April 17, 2011 -
The Defense Information Systems Agency is asking industry for proposals to cut the tab for satellite communications in Iraq and Afghanistan.
April 15, 2011 -
The new head of procurement at the Homeland Security Department has a pretty clear vision of how to get - and keep - acquisition on track at his agency.
April 14, 2011