Ellen Lord
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Congress mandated the new office two years ago to drive more consistency into the ways in which the military handles IP rights in its contracts.
August 27, 2019 -
Section 809 Chairman Dave Drabkin shared several recommendations for the Defense Department acquisition process that can be implemented immediately, without Congressional approval.
July 11, 2019 -
DoD is setting up an innovation marketplace to cultivate developing companies.
May 10, 2019 -
The Defense Department wants to make sweeping changes to how it procures software.
May 03, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, bipartisan legislation in the House would create a panel of cyber professionals to advise the Department of Homeland Security.
April 01, 2019 -
The Defense Department will audit contractor cybersecurity in the next year and a half, says Ellen Lord, DoD undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment.
March 29, 2019 -
In a recognition that smaller firms don't have the infrastructure to defend themselves against sophisticated attacks, DoD will experiment with a secure cloud approach to defending sensitive information.
March 25, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, former venture capitalist Michael Kratsios is tapped to become the next U.S. chief technology officer.
March 22, 2019 -
Members of the Defense Innovation Board described their initial set of recommendations to fix DoD software acquisition. The Pentagon said it plans to start implementing them right away.
March 22, 2019 -
DoD is releasing new policy and a handbook on recent acquisition authorities given to it by Congress.
November 08, 2018 -
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Kevin Fahey said the changes, including a large workforce reduction, have been in service of innovation and speedier acquisition
November 06, 2018 -
The Defense Department's final solicitation for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure is worth up to $10 billion over 10 years, and will go to a single vendor.
July 26, 2018 -
Ellen Lord, who leads the new Office of Acquisition and Sustainment, is trying to fulfill Defense Secretary James Mattis’ third line of effort to bring business reforms to the Defense Department.
May 25, 2018 -
Software acquisition issues are hurting the Air Force's ability to move into the future, and one official is highlighting the service’s weaknesses in software regarding intellectual property and hiring.
May 23, 2018 -
The new acquisition and sustainment office taps Jeff Boleng to run software acquisition.
April 16, 2018