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The Defense Department’s “4th estate,” which includes the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Defense Information Systems Agency, the Defense Logistics Agency and other Defense agencies, signed a memorandum of understanding with GSA to commit to using OASIS for at least $500 million in professional services buys starting in January 2017.
The Open Approaches Management Office will ensure open architecture principles can be applied throughout the Air Force's acquisition system and not just in small, experimental pockets.
A Bahrain owned company also saw a increases in government contracting, while GE and Verizon lost federal business.
DoD declined millions in savings to make sure dual military families continued getting current BAH funds.
President Barack Obama gave the commencement address, then saluted and shook hands with every U.S. Air Force Academy graduate.
The Air Force has increased Boeing's contract to replenish its inventory of guidance kits that convert unguided "dumb bombs" into smart munitions.
Miranda Ballantine, the assistant secretary of the Air Force, joins Women of Washington hosts Aileen Black and Gigi Schumm.
Sometimes the government has really, really specific requirements it puts out for bids. For example, if it needs left-handed forklift operators, you can't bid right-handed ones. Or left-handed front-end loader operators. The Air Force and a company called All World Language Consultants didn't quite follow that policy. Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Agency IT leaders bemoan restrictions with policy and the rapid speed of the Internet of Things environment as major barriers to deploying new commercial IoT devices in the field.
The Government Accountability Office wants DoD to declare the update of the F-35 a separate acquisition program for transparency and accountability reasons. Michael Sullivan, GAO's Director for Defense Weapons System Acquisitions detailed that rationale on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
With the demand for cyber skills high, the Air Force Reserve is trying to stay afloat.
False stories harm the reputations of both the government and the contractor. Even whole programs.
The Obama administration nominated Gen. David Goldfein to take over Air Force chief of staff after Gen. Mark Welsh's exit.
Chuck Elmore, the chief information officer of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, said he expects to move most of the agency’s 240 locations to the Air Force Network (AFNET) over the next year. But Elmore said the transition to Windows 10 will not be as easy.
Each week, Defense Reporter Jared Serbu speaks with the managers of the federal government's largest department. Subscribe on PodcastOne or Apple Podcasts.