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Commentary

What does the FAS mean by 'leverage the collective buying power of the federal government?'

GSA does not have authority to craft FSS policy and contract terms consistent with the key characteristics of leveraging collective buying power.

Commentary

Happy 40th birthday to the FAR, but has it gone too far?

Cybersecurity

Get ready for that proposed rule on defense contractor cybersecurity

Contracting

Why contracting protest appeals are never a zero sum game

Commentary

What is fair and reasonable: GSA’s proposed economic price adjustment clause

Agency Oversight

It's a small but important detail: Are foreign contractor employees legit?

Congress

We dissect the final buy-American guidance out from the White House

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Acquisition Policy

New rule sets stage for banning risky technologies from government supply chains

Procurement Innovation Lab

Acquisition

Things are cookin' at the DHS Procurement Innovation Lab

Federal Acquisition, GSA

Acquisition

How to inoculate your agency's acquisitions against protests

Federal Acquisition, GSA

Commentary

Leveraging the collective buying power of the government

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Federal Report

Let’s thank those federal employees who buy things

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Contracting

What would happen to contractors in case of a debt default?

President Joe Biden's budget for fiscal year 2024 is photographed Thursday, March 9, 2023. As political gridlock puts the government at risk of defaulting, Biden is making an opening offer with a budget plan that would cut deficits by $2.9 trillion over the next decade — a proposal that Republicans already intend to reject. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Contracting

For contractors, the 2024 budget request doesn't quite add up

cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

Why federal contractors are poring over the new national cyber strategy

Dan Ramish

Air Force

Air Force presses its advantage in a controversial intellectual property dispute

FILE - This April 19, 2019 file photo shows a sign for the Department of Defense at the Pentagon in Washington. The Biden administration’s nominee for top Pentagon policy adviser was met with sharp criticism from Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday, including accusations that he has been too partisan to be confirmed for the job. Colin Kahl, who served as national security adviser to then-Vice President Joe Biden during the Obama administration, faced repeated questions on his previous support for the Iran nuclear deal and how he would approach that issue now. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Contracting

Contractors assess the Defense Department's latest small-business strategy

FILE - A sign for the Food and Drug Administration is seen in Silver Spring, Md., on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. On Wednesday, March 30, 2022, federal health advisers narrowly ruled against an experimental drug for the debilitating illness known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a potential setback for patient groups who lobbied for the medication’s approval. A majority of advisers to the FDA voted 6-4 that a single study from Amylyx Pharmaceuticals failed to establish the drug's effectiveness in treating the deadly neurodegenerative disease known also as ALS, for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Management

FDA is told to tighten up its procedures for IT procurement

FILE - An American flag flies in front of the facade of Raytheon's Integrated Defense Systems facility, in Woburn, Mass on June 10, 2019. China said Monday, Feb. 21, 2022, it will impose new sanctions on U.S. defense contractors Raytheon Technologies and Lockheed Martin due to their arms sales to Taiwan, stepping up a feud with Washington over security and Beijing’s strategic ambitions. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Contracting

Even big, old-line contractors run into trouble with Defense cost accounting rules

DCMA

Contracting

The details matter for Defense agencies’ contract management

Tom Temin Commentary

The federal procurement elephant can dance

A smaller scale replica of the Marine Corps War Memorial statue stands near the parade ground at the Marine Corps Recruiting Depot, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Parris Island, S.C. The threat of rising seas is encroaching upon one of America's most storied military installations, where thousands of recruits are molded into Marines each year. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

Federal Newscast

Marine Corps hits its retention goals for the first time in a decade

Defense

Why the Pentagon needs to bolster its network of corporate consortiums

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