Contracting
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The pandemic, specifically the spending and acquisition lessons from it, should not disappear once there's a vaccine. In fact the lessons learned should spur permanent and better defense acquisition.
October 01, 2020 -
The Pentagon issued an interim rule under the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations on Sept. 29 to add more clarity around the implementation timeline and around the requirements contractors will have to adhere to over the next five years under the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program.
September 30, 2020 -
The temporary acquisition task force DoD created in response to COVID-19 will become a permanent assisted acquisition organization.
September 30, 2020 -
The government's recent track record with huge IDIQ contracts has been spotty at best. Larry Allen says the problems are a sign of the times.
September 29, 2020 -
The executive order President Donald Trump signed last week to ban certain types of diversity training carries enormous potential penalties for federal contractors. But at least for the time being, the vendor community appears to be holding its breath while it figures out exactly what the EO means.
September 28, 2020 -
A proposed interagency council would look around the world for companies and products to banish from the federal supply chain.
September 25, 2020 -
This week marked the Autumnal Equinox, and change is in the air. It also signals that we are approaching the end of the government fiscal year.
September 25, 2020 -
The Air Force's top acquisition official said reforms that were initiated long before a pandemic was on the horizon went a long way toward dealing with the current emergency.
September 24, 2020 -
The Air Force and Space Force want all of the new systems they buy to be produced via digital engineering processes. But the defense industry needs to get on board first.
September 23, 2020 -
GSA’s NewPay and DHS’ cyber quality service management office (QSMO) are going to be the first initiatives out of the gate with new capabilities in 2021, while grants, financial management and others are expecting major changes too next year.
September 21, 2020 -
This week on Off the Shelf, Booz Allen's Jen Wagner, Aimee George Leary, and Andrea Inserra join host Roger Waldron to discuss the firm's response to Covid-19 and how the company is addressing the needs of diverse clients in today's environment.
September 18, 2020 -
Ty Schieber, the chairman of the CMMC-AB, and Mark Berman, the chairman of the communications committee, are leaving the CMMC Advisory Board unexpectedly.
September 16, 2020 -
The Air Force revealed Tuesday that it has successfully flown the first airplane in its secretive Next Generation Air Dominance program. Perhaps more significantly, it's the first-ever fighter to be born almost entirely from digital engineering.
September 16, 2020 -
As technical director of DISA’s Infrastructure Directorate, Bryon Doyle said his job is to have an oversight of the organization’s architecture.
September 15, 2020 -
The focus may be about to turn from whether its supply chains are cyber secure to how reliant contractors are on foreign sources of supply.
September 15, 2020