Gen. Darren McDew, the new commander of U.S. Transportation Command, believes that the unit can meet the Defense Department‘s deployment and distribution needs amid future challenges, DoD News reported Thursday. Amaani Lyle writes that McDew
MoreNATO and Defense Department contractors and their personnel that are performing contracting work in Afghanistan will need to comply with all the provisions of the Bilateral Security Agreement starting Tuesday, the Army
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Steve Shih, deputy associate director of the Office of Personnel Management, believes an engaged workforce is key in efforts by federal agencies to respond to complex challenges, he told GovExec in an interview published
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U.S. Chief Information Officer Tony Scott said Wednesday that the Office of Management and Budget has been providing feedback on agencies’ action plans to implement Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act provisions,
MoreThe Office of Federal Procurement Policy has revamped the Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting in an effort to align the program with the Pentagon’s certification services for defense acquisition personnel, FCW reported
MoreA new Government Accountability Office report has found what auditors call lapses in the way the Defense Department adopts portfolio management techniques to assess its acquisition programs for weapon systems. GAO said in an August
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Deloitte has released findings of its latest study that outline how digital technologies transform the governmentâs financial management strategy. The Deloitte-NASACT 2015 survey shows that 30 percent of U.S. state and local
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Professional Services Council President and CEO Stan Soloway has written to the Labor Department to call for an update to existing wage determinations under the Services Contract Act. In a letter sent Monday to
MoreThe General Services Administration has announced its plans to test two types of pre-competed information technology products through the GSA AdvantageSelect online portal. Erville Koehler, regional commissioner for the Federal Acquisition Service
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Countries should develop their policy frameworks to respond to destructive or disruptive cyber attacks from state-sponsored actors, Tobias Feakin of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute wrote in an article published by the
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