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As the Army works towards meeting aero trust goals, it has to integrate the security into multiple networks and the defense industrial base.
A really busy and contentious time for Congress kicks off this week when the Biden Administration releases its 2024 budget request. But that's not all.
The White House recently appointed Loren DeJong Schulman as Associate Director for Performance and Personnel Management at the Office of Management and Budget.
Can the Defense Department help itself to commercial intellectual property, even stuff not developed with federal dollars? Yes it can, as a matter of fact. At least judging from a recent case before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals.
The next nine months will prove crucial ones for federal contractors. Lots of acquisition regulations cooking, expansion of Buy American and more White House emphasis on small disadvantaged business.
After a year where it fell short of its goals, the Navy Office of Small Business Programs wants companies with 8(a) designations to get more involved in the acquisition process.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's department issued a new small-business strategy a couple of weeks ago. It comes as more dollars are going to fewer smaller businesses.
The small but potent Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has reached its stride, as it enters its eighth year in business. The DIU uses a technique known as "other transaction authority" to quickly get new technology prototypes built for military purposes.
With Thunderdome, DISA moves to expand zero trust to more users and add a follow-on contract for applications.
A technology trade association is urging Congress to update the law that lets the [Federal Communications Commission (FCC)] auction off radio spectrum held by the government. In fact, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation basically said the government continues to hog much spectrum that could be more efficiently used by industry.
Between follow-up to the pandemic, DoD's need to expand the defense industrial base, and the administration's desire to foster new businesses, it's a busy time for the Small Business Administration.
This week Federal Drive host Tom Temin has been interviewing some of the Defense Department's acquisition workforce award winners. In this interview, he talks with someone with a title Temin said he will only pronounce: "The finance manager for the joint program executive office for chemical, biological, radio-logical and nuclear defense joint assisted acquisition team.
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, known as FedRAMP, is supposed to make it easier for agencies to use commercial cloud computing. FedRAMP, as policy, has been around for a dozen years, but only became law at the end of last year.
Contractors have only a couple more weeks to comment on a so-called climate risk rule. If it becomes final, the rule would impose big reporting and operational costs.