Contracting
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The Homeland Security Department and the General Services Administration released details about program and policies that outline the future of major acquisition efforts.
July 22, 2019 -
Maybe the JEDI procurement isn't such a big deal after all.
July 22, 2019 -
GSA is working on its multiple award schedules contract and its e-commerce marketplace. Larry Allen joined the show with updates.
July 22, 2019 -
Matt Goodrich, of GSA, Ben Sweezy, of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and Tony Scardino of USPTO, are among the federal executives on the move over the last month.
July 22, 2019 -
The Department of Health and Human Services decided in June that its Program Support Office would immediately stop offering assisted acquisition services, impacting dozens of agencies.
July 22, 2019 -
Four members of the House Armed Services Committee wrote to President Donald Trump that any further delays to the cloud procurement known as JEDI would harm the Pentagon.
July 19, 2019 -
Army Futures Command is off and running, but it may be lacking on engagement with small business.
July 19, 2019 -
Rick Hill, senior vice president at HumanTouch LLC, argues that DoD needs agility and flexibility and a single cloud approach under JEDI would not give them those features.
July 19, 2019 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, USDA is facing more congressional backlash for its plans to relocate two research bureaus to Kansas City, and the DoD Inspector General says former Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White misused her subordinates’ time.
July 19, 2019 -
Jay Mahanand, the chief information officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development, said the plan is to launch an enterprise portfolio management program that USAID will deploy worldwide in the coming months.
July 19, 2019 -
Last week, GSA issued a draft Request for Proposal for its initial Proof of Concept to implement Section 846 of the fiscal year 2018 NDAA.
July 18, 2019 -
DoD plans to issue a memo that would strongly encourage reciprocity for cloud services authorized by FedRAMP at the moderate level.
July 18, 2019 -
Responses to the Army's Enterprise IT-as-a-Service prototype are due within a month, work is set to begin by the end of this year.
July 17, 2019 -
Retired Army Col. Dr. Ron Poropatich with details about efforts to develop an autonomous trauma care system for wounded soldiers in remote places.
July 17, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Mark Esper is poised to become the next Defense secretary. If he’s confirmed, one of his first jobs will be to help fill the rest of the vacant politically-appointed positions in the Pentagon.
July 17, 2019