Contracting
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The Army's acquisition shop has enlisted the service's expeditionery technology search group to help with the rapid production of low cost ventilators.
April 17, 2020 -
Joanne Woytek, the NASA SEWP program director, said the governmentwide acquisition contract grew 25% in March as compared to the previous month and saw 40% more orders going through the system.
April 17, 2020 -
The State, local government and education IT market is a challenge for the vendor community to understand. Ask the CIO SLED Edition discusses Deltek's market intelligence assessment and methodology to understand future spending trends in this area.
April 16, 2020 -
CenturyLink, Verizon and Granite Telecommunications submitted protests to the Government Accountability Office over task orders under the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) program.
April 16, 2020 -
Long-awaited OIG review of the JEDI procurement also finds ethical violations by two Defense officials, but none that impacted the contract decision.
April 15, 2020 -
Federal contractors, especially small businesses, must apply for assistance under the CARES Act stimulus bill, at a time when demand for their services is higher than ever.
April 14, 2020 -
Supply and cost are always important drivers for the government to jump in.
April 14, 2020 -
The Defense Department and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released memos late last week outlining how contractor officers can implement a provision of the stimulus spending bill to pay contractors if they can’t work because of the coronavirus pandemic.
April 14, 2020 -
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Government Operations Subcommittee Chairman Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) have a long list of legislative proposals they want to see included in the next coronavirus rescue package for federal employees and contractors.
April 13, 2020 -
Enforced isolation of the pandemic has made a lot of people a bit lonelier. For veterans already at risk of suicide, the situation deepens the threat.
April 13, 2020 -
The IT Acquisition Advisory Council (IT-AAC) sent a memo to House and Senate lawmakers explaining why the Defense Department should drop its JEDI plan and follow the path of the CIA.
April 13, 2020 -
The Pentagon plans to announce new contracts under the Defense Production Act to increase the domestic supply of critical N95 respirators over the next three months.
April 13, 2020 -
This week on Off the Shelf, Jon Etherton, president of Etherton and Associates, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss how key provisions in the Fiscal Year 2020 NDAA will impact procurement and operations at the Defense Department.
April 12, 2020 -
Upon a return to more normal operations, GSA can address gaps in the solicitation that undermine the integrity of the federal market.
April 10, 2020 -
Sarkis Tatigian joined the Navy in 1942. He’s been there ever since, until his death this week at the age of 96. Read about him and other Defense news in this week's DoD Reporter's Notebook.
April 08, 2020