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Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Google and Oracle won spots on DoD’s Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) vehicle.
No one knows what the F-35 aircraft can do in a war, say, over Taiwan. One thing we do know is the fifth-generation fighter, now something like 20 years in development, has economic significance. Something like $72 billion F-35 dollars is spread throughout the U.S. economy every year. For more details, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Kevin Michaels, the managing director of AeroDymanic Advisory.
The DoD’s CIO and its Office of Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment will remove weapons systems from the network if they are not cyber secure.
Inflation has seeped into every area of the economy, both goods and labor. For federal contractors, operating under fixed-priced contractors, and for the Defense Department, the pressure is real. Now the National Defense Industrial Association has completed a detailed look at just how inflation has affected budgets. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin got the highlights from the association's chairman, retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Arnold Punaro.
GSA and DoD updated policies to require make it a little easier for vendors to raises prices under current contracts.
Section 6722 of the 2023 NDAA would require DHS to mandate a bill of materials for technology from current and future contractors and some in industry are calling the provision problematic.
The Defense Pricing and Contracting office issued a deviation to the FAR giving contracting officers the ability to continue to award contracts even if companies are not fully registered in SAM.gov.
NSA released a suite of “post-quantum algorithms” that will eventually be requirements for national security systems, along with a series of deadlines for the transition.
The Defense Department released a new version of its risk management framework in July with four new focus areas to improve how the agency manages its cyber challenges.
The government's need for fresh technologies and innovation is rippled throughout its supply base. An emerging trend has prime contractors accelerating their investments in promising startups.
In today's Federal Newscast: No surprise. Inflation is hitting the contracting community, along with everyone else. GAO reports that DoD has shoddy tactics for testing children for lead exposure. And the Customs and Border Protection directorate hits facial recognition technology right between the eyes.
GAO found DoD's Industrial Base Policy Office doesn't have a fully developed strategy to mitigate risks. Director of Contracting and National Security Acquisitions Bill Russell, joined the Federal Drive to explain.
The Small Business Administration is trying to address the 40% decline in the small business industrial base over the last decade with new initiatives.
Although DLA and SBA have worked together on similar NMR waivers for many years, we recognize that SBA has recently taken exception to how the program has been implemented.
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