The General Services Administration has established new controls for its online registration platform for government contractors and federal assistance requests in an effort to build on measures implemented earlier this year to address
Federal CIO Tony Scott has expressed his optimism regarding the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act compared to previous IT acquisition reform efforts, FCW reported Monday. Adam Mazmanian writes that Scott also noted FITARA
MoreCommerce Secretary Penny Pritzker swore in 27 new officers for the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service and one new intellectual property attache for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office during a ceremony last week. The Commerce
MoreThe government is planning to provide specialized training to agency contracting officers in an effort to create a digital-savvy team that will work on technology acquisition programs, Nextgov reported Friday. Jack Moore
MoreLawmakers are planning to consolidate the U.S. military’s communications acquisition, which could drop the Defense Information Systems Agency in favor of the U.S. Air Force‘s Space and Missile Systems Center, Breaking Defense reported
MoreThe Defense Department‘s transition to the Risk Management Framework has helped streamline the secure integration of information technology systems and applications into the DoD network, FierceGovernmentIT reported Wednesday. Dibya Sarkar writes that
MoreRichard Spires, former chief information officer of the Department of Homeland Security and Internal Revenue Service, testified before a House panel Wednesday on guidance for the implementation of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform
MorePentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall is set to sign a Department of Defense Instruction document to reform DoD’s $155 billion services acquisition program under the Better Buying Power 3.0 plan, Breaking Defense reported
MoreSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) plans to insert a proposal for greater public-private cyber information sharing as an amendment to the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, the National Journal reported Tuesday.
MoreThe Senate has approved a $371 million U.S. Army budget for General Dynamics‘ Stryker armored vehicle following the service’s $411 million request to the House amid the continued Russia threat, Breaking Defense
MoreThe Congressional Budget Office estimates the implementation of unclassified programs under the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (H.R. 2596) will cost the federal government an estimated $660 million from 2016 to 2020.
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