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In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department has spent more of its contracting budget on small businesses in recent years, but those dollars are going to a shrinking pool of companies.
In today's Federal Newscast, the delta variant of COVID-19 is pushing back return-to-work timelines for some federal employees.
A new analysis of contracting data by the Center for Strategic and International Studies shows some glimmers of a shift in spending priorities starting in 2019.
Early signs suggest Congress is ready to let DoD expand pilot programs that use colorless appropriations for IT, but not without limitations.
Between the defense authorization bill, work on a potential infrastructure package and annual spending legislation, members of Congress are hoping to get at least a few big things finished.
The Project on Government Oversight's Mandy Smithberger testified about the issue to Congress, and she joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk more.
In today's Federal Newscast, Air Force contracting officials and law enforcement have agreed to crackdown on acquisition fraud. The State Department is under fire for its backlog of passport applications.
In today's Federal Newscast, government contractors are pressing House and Senate leaders to include more funding for federal technology and cybersecurity in the infrastructure package.
Every year the Pentagon develops a global force management plan to determine how it will deploy assets around the world. But the Defense Department's regional combatant commanders are allowed to ask for more.
The Biden administration's proposal puts money in naval power and gamechanging technologies.
Nearly all civilian agencies would see double-digit spending increases next year, according to the Biden administration's 2022 budget request, which officials previewed Friday.
Both parties in the House have agreed to participate in the new earmarks process that proponents say include some safeguards to prevent abuses.
The Marine Corps' bid to replace its heavy lift helicopter is running into heavy downdrafts. Federal Drive spoke with the Government Accountability Office's Jon Ludwigson for an update.
The Defense Contract Management Agency is reexamining several of its past decisions to reimburse contractors. That's after the DoD inspector general found DCMA overruled the findings of incurred cost audits without adequate explanation.