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Tucked into the National Defense Authorization bill for 2017 were two provisions that would change contract protests and not in a way favorable industry. The Professional Services Council had asked House Armed Services Committee leaders to drop them. PSC Executive Vice President Alan Chvotkin joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss what's in the bill.
False stories harm the reputations of both the government and the contractor. Even whole programs.
Adm. Michelle Howard joins Women of Washington hosts Aileen Black and Gigi Schumm to share her amazing and inspiring personal journey.
Industry partners are trying to give the next DHA CIO a leg up when the position is filled.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has had some success with a new model of paying health care providers. Rather than paying them for how many services they render, it's paying them according to health care outcomes and how well they coordinate among one another over individual patients. Dr. Paul Cordts, deputy director for health care operations at the Defense Health Agency, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin how DHA could benefit from the same model.
Matthew Fay, a foreign and defense policy analyst at the Niskanen Center, a libertarian think tank. tells Pentagon Solutions how proposed reforms to the Defense acquisition process are missing the target.
The Professional Services Council and IT Alliance for Public Sector say lowest price technically acceptable is the wrong process to use when evaluating ENCORE III bidders.
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.
Reforms in the 2017 defense authorization bill add enrollment fees to TRICARE to try to bring down government costs.
Current and former intelligence community officials say they're not getting the buy-in they need from their top leadership — or the guidance they need to use begin using social media — in their insider threat and security clearance programs.
The 2017 defense authorization bill now has a provision requiring women to sign up for selective service.
Bryan Clark, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, and Dr. Caroline Mahoney of the Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center discuss new technology on Pentagon Solutions.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter called the House proposal "deeply troubling," saying it would pay for additional troops and pay boosts at the expense of long-term military readiness and budget stability.