Other Transaction Agreement

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

DoD’s use of other transaction agreements has expanded ten-fold in the past five years, but even inside the acquisition workforce, there are still persistent…

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

Defense

Rise in OTAs for federal contracting brings mixed blessings

Acquisition

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

Federal Newscast

DIU rethinking cyber endpoint protections through advanced deception tools

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Pentagon has huge blind spots in its spending on OTAs

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

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

Defense

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

Why one vendor thinks agencies are flocking to OTAs

Toni Townes-Whitley, president for U.S. Regulated Industries at Microsoft, said industry is shifting away from providing software or products to finding…

Contracts/Awards

Uniformed and civilian cyber and military intelligence specialists monitor Army networks in the Cyber Mission Unit’s Cyber Operations Center at Fort Gordon, Ga. (Photo by Michael L. Lewis)

Army, DHA take steps to stop managing day-to-day IT operations

The Air Force’s Cloud One program faces a protest by Leidos, while the Army names a new project manager for data and the CIO Council upgrades its website…

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GSA preps 3rd version of STARS small business contract