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Defense News

SOCOM cuts years out of some SBIR phase 3 awards

Lisa Sanders, the director of science and technology for SOCOM, said Congress gave them authority to test out new approaches to SBIR agreements.

Acquisition Policy

Court of Federal Claims asserts more jurisdiction over OTAs

Defense

Pentagon wants to be ‘approachable’ for small businesses

Acquisition

The Defense Department clarifies how to use other transaction authority

Acquisition Policy

OTAs are increasingly popular in the intelligence community

Technology

Another agency discovers the benefits of other transaction authority

Amtower Off-Center

Innovation in the GovCon market

Defense

Why the Pentagon needs to bolster its network of corporate consortiums

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Artificial Intelligence

AI contracts have special licensing needs to prevent bias, encourage transparency

DoD budget, Navy

Commentary

OTAs and beyond: Scaling innovation in Defense contracting

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Space Operations

DoD awards nearly $2B to build first satellite-based ‘backbone’ of JADC2

DoD budget, Navy

On DoD

Amid explosion in DoD’s use of OTAs, myths abound about how and whether to use them

DoD budget, Navy

Defense

DoD spending data tells us how serious the Pentagon is about a shift to great power competition

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Acquisition

Rise in OTAs for federal contracting brings mixed blessings

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2021, file image from video, Jeff Zients, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to the president., Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, chair of the COVID-19 health equity task force, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Andy Slavitt, senior adviser to the White House COVID-19 Response Team,, appear on screen during a White House briefing on the Biden administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington. (White House via AP, File)

Federal Newscast

GAO: Agencies could've been more transparent in pandemic response OTA's

Kiefer Ragay

Ask the CIO

DIU rethinking cyber endpoint protections through advanced deception tools

Employee Assistance programs, EAP

On DoD

Pentagon has huge blind spots in its spending on OTAs

Federal Acquisition, GSA

Artificial Intelligence

DoD plans 3 new contracts to buy, test and integrate AI from industry, academia

Defense Information Systems Agency data breach

DoD Reporter's Notebook

DISA's first-ever production OTA eliminated $300M in future costs

Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., delivers her opening statement during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on unsustainable drug prices on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

Federal Newscast

Congresswoman wants to make sure Trump administration preserves records

Jeff Kleck DoD

Ask the CIO

Defense Innovation Unit out to prove AI, automation can keep up with the speed of cyber

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Defense

Pentagon R&D spending still lags behind an otherwise healthy Defense budget

Toni Townes-Whitley is the president, U.S. Regulated Industries at Microsoft.

Contracts/Awards

Why one vendor thinks agencies are flocking to OTAs