FAR

Army leaders will soon know more about discharging soldiers who refuse vaccine

In today’s Federal Newscast, though the Army hasn’t involuntarily separated any soldiers for refusing COVID-19 vaccine, guidance on how the process will…

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this June 19, 2019, file photo cargo containers are stacked on a ship at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles. The market for small businesses cooled for the third straight quarter. That report comes from BizBuySell.com, an online marketplace for small companies that counted 2,444 transactions reported by business brokers from April through June, down 9.6% from 2,705 in the second quarter of last year. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Buy American initiative may push federal contractors to study shipping rules more closely

Congress

Extra work for contractors during coronavirus has stipulations

Acquisition Policy

Patrick Ferraris/DoD

More agencies using OTAs to bypass acquisition regulation

Federal Drive

DoD cloud strategy: Stifling innovation in the name of innovation

Commentary

Holistic strategy on IT supply chain needed before it’s too late, experts tell commission

Technology

ODCs: The nexus between requirements and execution

Commentary

Jackie Space: FAR can help managers build non-traditional relationships

Federal Drive

GSA working on changes to FAR, new legislation to help agencies buy cloud

Acquisition Policy

Procurement policy world heats up during dog days of summer

Commentary

OPM IG has ‘serious concerns’ for benefits procurement process

Agency Oversight

A sheriff is needed to keep the peace in the cloud

Commentary: Giles Kesteloot, director of the Blackstone Technology Group, argues that in a complex multi-contract, multi-customer and multi-vendor cloud…

Commentary

Joe Petrillo, Procurement Attorney, Petrillo & Powell PLLC

Federal contractors are taking a magnifying glass to the fine print in their contracts with the government. Or they should be. The General Services Administration…

Federal Drive

Reverse auctions draw strong criticism on Capitol Hill

Congress

Reverse auctions are overused, underregulated and might be a monopoly, according to recent testimony on Capitol Hill.