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Industry’s patience wearing thin with DoD’s CMMC, GSA’s follow-on to OASIS

Three industry associations wrote to DoD and one wrote to GSA expressing concerns about governmentwide initiatives that will impact contractors. Also,…

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Former House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, speaks during a hearing on the FY2019 budget with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer David L. Norquist, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 12, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Buy vs. build debate for software heats back up with letter to White House

Acquisition Policy

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks during a confirmation hearing for President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for national intelligence director Avril Haines before the Senate intelligence committee on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. (Joe Raedle/Pool via AP)

Warner, Rubio push to extend contractor pandemic relief authorities

Acquisition Policy

For one HHS office, a cyber failure isn’t always bad news

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IBM taps head of its New York state business to be new federal lead

People

The White House in Washington, is seen early Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, the morning after incumbent President Donald Trump was defeated by his Democratic challenger, President-elect Joe Biden. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

What a Biden administration will mean for contractors

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CIA cloud program awarded; CISA cyber program under protest

Reporter's Notebook

Call to change how agencies rate contractor performance rises to new level

Reporter's Notebook

Acquisition roundup: Unpriced schedules on the horizon? SSA, Library of Congress lose protests

Reporter's Notebook

Interim rule sets process to exclude, remove risky technology from supply chain

Acquisition Policy

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Senators join industry groups asking for extension of contractor pay provision

Congress

Navy building more ‘strategic’ relationships with its key suppliers

To maintain readiness and get better insights into its supply chain, Naval Supply Systems Command says it needs deeper relationships with its biggest vendors.

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DoD testing secure cloud to help small contractors protect data

In a recognition that smaller firms don’t have the infrastructure to defend themselves against sophisticated attacks, DoD will experiment with a secure…

Defense News

FILE- This Dec. 27, 2018, file photo shows the Capitol Dome from the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington during a partial government shutdown. On Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Though the shutdown’s over for now, contractors expect a long road to recovery

Government Shutdown

Federal contractors used a variety of strategies to weather the shutdown’s impact on their cash flow, and expect a return to normalcy to take a long time.