Sean Stackley, assistant secretary for research, development and acquisition at the U.S. Navy, has said the new Congress should clean out laws that slow military innovation, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. âAny legislation
MoreFrank Kendall, acquisition chief at the Defense Department, has updated the agency’s procurement guidelines to offer multiple sample program structures, DoD News reported Wednesday. âProgram managers and program executive officers should use
MoreThe U.S. Army on Monday issued a formal solicitation for a potential 10-year contract covering work to produce and deliver Rifleman Radio systems, Defense News reported Tuesday. Joe Gould writes the military
MoreThe federal government plans to re-compete several major contracts and make award decisions for new programs in the coming year, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Amrita Jayakumar writes the U.S. Air Force
MoreThe General Services Administration will collaborate with other government agencies and vendors to change portions of GSA’s Multiple Award Schedules program, Federal Times reported Monday. Aaron Boyd writes GSA wants to implement a new
MoreThe chairmen of the House Veterans Affairs and Small Business committees are calling on the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to issue guidance on the use of reverse auctions, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Jason
MoreThe U.S. Defense Department has amended a policy for the agency’s civilian and military organizations that want to procure cloud services from industry, FedTech magazine reported Wednesday. An internal memo obtained by FedTech
MoreA measure in the recently-passed 2015 National Defense Authorization Act would trigger changes in the oversight of information technology spending at federal agencies and their components, Federal Times reported Thursday. Aaron Boyd
MoreJohn Zangardi, acting Department of the Navy chief information officer, plans to review the agency’s information technology acquisition policies and strategies with an eye toward streamlining the process. In an article published
MoreDan Tangherlini, head of the General Services Administration, believes challenges and prizes could change the government’s procurement process, he told FCW in an interview published Tuesday. Colby Hochmuth writes agencies are looking at existing prizes and challenges such as
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