The Defense Department will revise its defense acquisition policies in a move to attract new commercial suppliers into the weapons market, Reuters reported Tuesday. Andrea Shalal writes the department will decide whether aerospace components are
MoreThe U.S. Navy plans to consolidate commercial technologies into the serviceâs networks while retaining existing federal acquisition rules in a move to accelerate the information technology acquisition process, Federal News Radio reported
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The General Services Administration has started to adopt a category management business model in an effort to change the way GSA manages federal acquisitions. Tiffany Hixson, a regional commissioner at GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service,
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Tony Bardo of Hughes Network Systems has recommended that federal agencies use the General Services Administration‘s schedule program to acquire emerging information technology or telecommunication services as they wait for GSA to
MoreThe General Services Administration‘s Office of Acquisition Policy is seeking public input on a proposed class deviation for differences between commercial supplier agreement terms and the Federal Acquisition Regulation and General Services Acquisition Regulation. In a request
MoreMac Thornberry (R-Texas), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, is set to introduce legislation aimed at fixing procurement issues at the Defense Department, The Hill newspaper reported Sunday. Martin Matishak writes
MoreA Government Accountability Office report has found the size and cost of major weapons acquisition programs at the U.S. Defense Department fell to their lowest level in roughly 10 years in fiscal
MoreJoanne Woytek, NASA‘s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement program manager, said in an interview with Federal Times published Monday that the agency has implemented new tools designed to make it easier for SEWP contract users
MoreRichard Ginman, former director of procurement and acquisition policy at the Defense Department, has said the agency’s underlying methodology for buying goods and services has not changed much during his four-decade career in
MoreThe General Services Administration has proposed a new rule that will require government contractors to submit data on prices paid by agencies for products or services acquired through GSA’s contract vehicles, Federal Times reported
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