One of the biggest stories to come blasting out of the defense budget, which will be released next week, could be the increases in Defense Department spending on space and rocket programs,
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Despite all the news lately about government acquisition, from recent congressional hearings about the Defense Contract Audit Agency to sweeping federal IT reform, one organization says there are a lack of standards
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The Defense Department realizes defense company mergers are a reality in an era of tight budgets, the Pentagon’s procurement chief said in a Wall Street address yesterday. In fact, DoD is even
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A year into his tenure as the director of the Defense Contract Audit Agency, Patrick Fitzgerald has already changed DCAA business as usual, Federal News Radio reported. With Fitzgerald at the helm,
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The Department of Homeland Security recently finished reviewing about 100 service contracts, and the next step could be bringing some positions in house through in-sourcing, according to a report in Federal Times.
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In a blog posting on the Office of Management and Budget website, OMB Director Jack Lew hailed the recent announcement that the government was “turning the tide” on contract spending. “This administration
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The Army is halting ongoing in-sourcing plans, effective immediately, according to a memo from Army Secretary John McHugh released earlier this week. In its place, McHugh said any plans to phase private
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“Mythbusting” is no longer just for the Discovery Channel. As part of the administration’s efforts to reform federal IT acquisition, the White House promised agency contract authorities and the private companies they
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For the first time in 13 years, the amount of money the federal government spends on contracts declined, Office of Management and Budget Deputy Director Jeffrey Zients said in a phone press
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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held hearings yesterday on the fate and the future of contracting oversight, taking testimony from diametrically opposed sides. On one hand, watchdog groups advocated
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