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Aiming to speed procurements, DoD wants to reduce data demands on contractors

The Pentagon wants vendors to take no more than two months to develop their final proposals when purchasing its weapons systems.

Defense

Defense acquisition workers seeing a new era in training

Contracting

Alan Chvotkin: Contractors face delays due to cost audits

Federal Drive

Amid $52 billion plus-up, DoD looks to trim spending on service contracts, health care

Defense

Thornberry takes aim at commercial items, contract audits and services contracts

Defense News

Will the Trump administration help or hurt defense reforms?

Defense News

Federal workforce sees slight increase in number of Hispanic employees

Workforce

NASA CIO to retire in December

People

Pentagon’s Ginman reflects on four decades in Defense procurement

On DoD Podcasts

Audit backlog may hinder DoD’s contracting ability

Federal Drive

Leadership from the top, well-trained workforce are key to DoD audits, experts say

DCMA leads acquisition ‘revolution’

The Defense Department said it intends to not just rebuild its acquisition workforce in numbers, but also make sure those employees have access to new…

GAO: DCMA hampered by contingency contracting, DCAA

The contract management agency has added staff in recent years and sought a pivot in strategy, the GAO found. But DCMA still faces issues, such as contingency…

Could DCAA proposals have led to big savings?

Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president and counsel at the Professional Services Council, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss recent speculation that the Defense Department ignored proposals from the Defense Contract Audit Agency nearly two years ago.