Other Transaction Authority

The benefits of ‘best value’ for small businesses in the federal market

GSA’s best value legislative proposal will allow GSA to craft policies and procedures that more closely align with the commercial market.

Contracting

FILE - This June 6, 2013, file photo, shows the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md., where the U.S. Cyber Command is located. The American military services are looking for new ways to bring in more civilians with high-tech skills who can help fight Islamic State militants and prepare for the new range of technological threats the U.S. will face. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

CYBERCOM embraces the non-traditional as acquisition program grows

Defense News

DoD dispelling lingering myths about OTAs

Contracting

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State Dept reshaping acquisition organization, processes

Ask the CIO

Growth of OTAs, corresponding myths gave DoD plenty of reason to update its guide

Defense News

Pentagon works with Congress to limit new acquisition compliance burdens

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Pentagon’s top three priorities for a better acquisition program

Acquisition

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Small tech companies ask Congress for changes to make acquisition easier to navigate

Acquisition

The Defense Department clarifies how to use other transaction authority

Acquisition

Defense Innovation Unit finds new director

Acquisition

Office of the Director of National Intelligence building, ODNI

Intel agencies see ‘appealing’ use cases for OTAs

Acquisition Policy

The Defense Innovation Unit says its positively sailing into its 8th year in business

The small but potent Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has reached its stride, as it enters its eighth year in business. The DIU uses a technique known as…

Defense News

DISA Defense Information Systems Agency Headquarters

Thunderdome hits its targets, DISA moves to next phase of zero trust

With Thunderdome, DISA moves to expand zero trust to more users and add a follow-on contract for applications.

Defense News

Iraqi army units are deployed during military operations of the Iraqi Army's Seventh Brigade in Anbar, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. An Iraqi general said Sunday that security has been beefed up around the Ain al-Asad air base, a sprawling complex in the western Anbar desert that hosts U.S. forces, following a series of attacks. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Pentagon says military needs to adapt to increasingly hotter world

Federal Newscast

Also in today’s Federal Newscast, the Biden administration takes action to make sure public research results are available to the public. And the Air Force is partnering with NASA for experiments aboard the International Space Station.