Officials at the Department of Homeland Security and Defense Department want to bring technology tests to an earlier stage in the acquisition process before any production contracts are signed, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday.
MoreThe U.S. Air Force‘s top military acquisition official has launched a collaborative effort that allows the branch and industry to exchange cost-saving ideas for weapons development, Reuters reported Thursday. Andrea Shalal writes
MoreFrank Kendall, acquisition chief at the Defense Department, said the agency’s new acquisition initiative seeks to increase government-industry partnerships in building strategic weapons for the U.S. military, Defense News reported Monday. He
MoreThe U.S. Navy has yet to release plans for its future Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike, Small Surface Combatant and Littoral Combat Ship platforms, Defense News reported Sunday. Christopher Cavas writes
MoreThe Pentagon’s acquisition chief has released a white paper outlining how the department intends to revamp the way it collaborates with industry on research and development of military platforms, Defense News reported
MoreFrank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, expects the third iteration of the government’s Better Buying Power initiative to focus more on innovation than previous iterations, DoD News reported Friday. Amaani Lyle writes the
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The General Services Administration has announced a series of changes to its professional services schedule offerings in order to reduce the number of contracts vendors manage and consolidate contract vehicles. GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service removed the special item number of non-professional
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The General Services Administration will deploy two new platforms designed to make procurement and contract management easier for agencies, says Liz DelNegro, GSA associate chief information officer for acquisition IT systems. DelNegro
MoreRichard Spires, CEO of Resilient Network Systems, believes government agencies should develop good relationships with contractors to accomplish information technology programs. Spires wrote in a column for FCW published Friday that a
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The General Services Administration has decided against a temporary halt to additions on the agency’s services schedules as it seeks to refresh and consolidate the schedules, GSA’s Tiffany Hixson has told Federal
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