Contracting
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The Army will launch an initial deployment of its contract writing system in February with expanded roll outs scheduled for June. The Navy, meanwhile, will test its electronic procurement system this summer and plans to increase the number of sites in late 2020.
February 03, 2020 -
Mass and fake comments present two different problems for rule-making agencies.
January 31, 2020 -
U.S. Transportation Command said the restructuring it will achieve under the contract is the only way to create "meaningful accountability" in the military's system for moving household goods.
January 31, 2020 -
The General Services Administration named Julie Dunne and Tom Howder to lead the Federal Acquisition Service on a permanent basis. Both has been acting in the commissioner and deputy commissioner roles, respectively.
January 30, 2020 -
With the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification accreditation board set up, the Pentagon expects to release version 1 of the cyber standards on Friday that will kick off the effort in earnest.
January 29, 2020 -
GovCon small business adviser and author Judy Bradt joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the steps you can take to grow your business and win more government contracts in 2020.
January 29, 2020 -
Procurement administrative lead time is a nice phrase for how bureaucratically long it takes from when the time an agency decides it might need to buy something, to when it awards a contract.
January 28, 2020 -
Dr. Michael Wooten, the administrator in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, said he is preparing the workforce for a future where robotics process automation and artificial intelligence take over the mundane tasks of acquisition.
January 27, 2020 -
The General Services Administration’s senior procurement executive Jeff Koses sent to industry for comments a draft acquisition letter detailing how buying consumption based cloud services could work.
January 27, 2020 -
One of the sponsors is California Democrat Ro Khanna, who joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk more.
January 27, 2020 -
Roger Waldron of the Coalition for Government Procurement pondered a law professor's denied request by GAO for documents in Overstock.com's pending protest over GSA's e-marketplace procurement.
January 24, 2020 -
This week on Amtower Off Center, Joshua Frank, managing partner of RSM Federal joins host Mark Amtower for a wide ranging discussion of consolidated schedules, category management and how to get ahead of the bidding process.
January 23, 2020 -
Amazon signaled its intent to stop Microsoft and DoD from getting to work on JEDI, but its arguments for why the work should be blocked were filed under seal.
January 23, 2020 -
The Advanced Battle Management System will conduct demonstrations every four months to test program connectivity.
January 21, 2020 -
Mary Davie, GSA’s director of the program management office for human resources shared services, will leave the agency after 30 years on Feb. 3.
January 21, 2020