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The Defense Department clarifies how to use other transaction authority

Other Transaction Authority (OTA) acquisitions have become popular in the Defense Department and other agencies, to the tune of billions of dollars a year….

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Why the Pentagon needs to bolster its network of corporate consortiums

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OTAs and beyond: Scaling innovation in Defense contracting

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

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

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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)

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

In today’s Federal Newscast, agencies spent billions on urgent COVID-related contracts, but they neglected to report some important award information.

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DIU rethinking cyber endpoint protections through advanced deception tools

Defense Innovation Unit cyber portfolio Deputy Director Patrick Gould said on behalf of cyber mission teams, his organization tested out two tools that…

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Pentagon has huge blind spots in its spending on OTAs

A careful examination of DoD’s use of consortiums for other transaction agreements found the Pentagon doesn’t have a clear picture of its billions in OTA spending, who the recipients are, and what it’s getting for those investments.

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