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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin signed the strategy on May 13, officials said Friday. They said the classified document would add teeth to DoD's efforts to standardize the ways in which the military services interconnect their weapons platforms.
June 04, 2021 -
National Security experts are calling on the U.S. to expand its list of banned Chinese companies. A small-town VA employee's $100,000 scheme gets him 46 months in federal prison. And following the science, the Senate confirms POTUS's pick to lead his Office of Science and Technology Policy
May 31, 2021 -
DoD and Amazon Web Services intend to keep fighting in court over JEDI, but have very different ideas about how the case should proceed.
May 28, 2021 -
The Coalition for Government Procurement's Roger Waldron says an RFI issued by GSA on May 13, seeking industry feedback on a “governmentwide cloud acquisition strategy and Blanket Purchase Agreement," raises several questions.
May 28, 2021 -
A defense contractor that created fake invoices, pays the government $50 million. OPM has elevated is office of diversity and inclusion. And, if given a choice, virtual still beats out in-person/indoors.
May 28, 2021 -
Three industry groups and 44 technology companies wrote a letter pressing the White House to make sure agencies are buying commercial software first before building.
May 27, 2021 -
GAO auditors have a couple more recommendations for the FDIC, which is meant to ensures the financial soundness of the banking system.
May 26, 2021 -
GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service flipped the switch on May 24 for the new SAM.gov portal bringing together 1.5 million users across six acquisition websites under one umbrella.
May 24, 2021 -
Pentagon says its putting a greater emphasis on the sustainment of weapons systems — a part of the lifecycle that accounts for 70% of the cost of a weapon.
May 20, 2021 -
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joined host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a wide-ranging discussion of the top contracting issues for the remainder of the fiscal year.
May 19, 2021 -
What are the current trends in antitrust enforcement? Find out when Justin Murphy, partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf.
May 18, 2021 -
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. That executive order on cybersecurity from the White House last week – where do you even…
May 18, 2021 -
The United States will likely be involved in Iraq at some level for a long time. It still has contracting going on via the State Dept. Recently State's Office of Inspector General looked at whether contracting activity was properly staffed to ensure oversight. For more, the Federal Drive turned to the director of the OIG's office of audits, Mike Vennemann.
May 17, 2021 -
A careful examination of DoD's use of consortiums for other transaction agreements found the Pentagon doesn't have a clear picture of its billions in OTA spending, who the recipients are, and what it's getting for those investments.
May 17, 2021 -
Edward Tuorinsky, the managing principal of DTS, and Derek Kernus, the Director of Cyber Security Operations at DTS, offers three things to consider as the Defense Department’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements become more real.
May 14, 2021