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DoD’s acquisition workforce is stretched thin

“If I worry about one workforce, it’s the contracting workforce,” said Doug Bush.

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How to keep new policy from making procurement less efficient

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The Defense Department clarifies how to use other transaction authority

Acquisition

Report: The slow destruction of the defense industrial base

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A defense acquisition professor’s advice on DoD innovation

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FILE - This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. The Pentagon said Tuesday, July 6, 2021, that it is canceling a cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could eventually have been worth $10 billion and will instead pursue a deal with both Microsoft and Amazon. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Tracking defense acquisition trends in 2018

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In pursuit of innovative technologies, DoD creates another pathway around traditional acquisition rules

DoD Reporter's Notebook

To streamline acquisitions, 809 Panel presses DoD to adopt portfolio management

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U.S. Army special operations forces walk to a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft to conduct a high-altitude, low-opening jump with Philippine and Australian special operations forces May 7, 2014, during Balikatan 2014 at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines. Balikatan is an annual bilateral training exercise designed to increase interoperability between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military when responding to future natural disasters.

Reform panel on track to cut DoD-specific acquisition regs by half

In biweekly meetings, DoD contracting experts are chewing through every page of the Pentagon’s procurement rules. They expect to eliminate about half.

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Defense, civilian contractors laying groundwork to implement NIST information-sharing framework

It’s a long road ahead, but federal agencies and contractors are laying the groundwork to implement NIST’s latest framework to protect federal information.

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Expert panel takes first crack at reforming DoD acquisition system

Defense

First volume of three expected reports from the “Section 809” panel seeks changes in areas ranging from business IT to contract oversight and commercial buying.

defense acquisition

DoD’s acquisition workforce is stretched thin

How to keep new policy from making procurement less efficient

The Defense Department clarifies how to use other transaction authority

Report: The slow destruction of the defense industrial base

A defense acquisition professor’s advice on DoD innovation

Whistleblower allegations cause Biden Pentagon nominee to withdraw

OTAs change Defense acquisition for the duration

Navy says F-35 is ready for action

Tracking defense acquisition trends in 2018

In pursuit of innovative technologies, DoD creates another pathway around traditional acquisition rules

To streamline acquisitions, 809 Panel presses DoD to adopt portfolio management

Reform panel on track to cut DoD-specific acquisition regs by half

Defense, civilian contractors laying groundwork to implement NIST information-sharing framework

Expert panel takes first crack at reforming DoD acquisition system