NDAA
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A rare, joint memo from three military service secretaries directs acquisition officials to build open architectures into all new programs.
February 11, 2019 -
In its new Maritime Accelerated Acquisition process, the Navy says coordination, senior-level involvement are keys to speed for high-priority acquisitions. But not every program will qualify.
January 18, 2019 -
Law taking effect Jan. 1 gives the Defense Department chief information officer new authorities over military services' "disparate" IT modernization efforts.
January 01, 2019 -
The Defense Department gives troops a bigger BAH bump than last year.
December 18, 2018 -
The Coalition for Government Procurement supports GSA's decision to hold an e-commerce industry day next week to discuss the future of the Multiple Award Schedule and 2018 defense authorization's Section 846.
December 07, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Justice Department said Sgt. Ikaika Kang provided sensitive military documents and military equipment to who he thought were members of ISIS.
December 05, 2018 -
A GAO review found DoD is complying with some of the constraints lawmakers placed on LPTA, but still isn't documenting its decisions.
November 14, 2018 -
Mark Cancian, senior adviser for the international security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to share his analysis of the 2019 defense budget.
November 13, 2018 -
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) recently released its semi-annual regulatory agenda with 47 proposed and final Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules.
November 05, 2018 -
OTA isn't new, weird or abused. But contractors, federal buyers and Congress need to keep it focused.
October 30, 2018 -
A new RAND study reveals that the Defense Department doesn't need high ranking officials in some of its leadership positions.
October 26, 2018 -
Secretary of the Army Mark Esper says having a full budget on time means they can start training, maintaining equipment and making purchases at start of fiscal year with more certainty.
October 10, 2018 -
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said he's confident President Trump will sign a "minibus" package of 2019 spending bills, despite threats to veto in the last round of budget talks.
September 26, 2018 -
Labor Day weekend also brings us an air of anticipation associated with the recent enactment of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 National Defense Authorization Act.
August 31, 2018 -
Jeff Neal, former CHCO at DHS, says that the new hiring authority included in the 2019 NDAA is not a bad idea.
August 14, 2018