The White House has updated the government’s information technology dashboard, Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel announced Tuesday. VanRoekel said in a blog post that the updates would improve surveillance of IT
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The Government Accountability Office said Tuesday the Navy must again review its Intranet program acquisition strategies. GAO said in its report the Navy is acquiring program capabilities in increments, resulting in as
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Major defense contractors are now sharing independent research and development spending data with the government through a secure Web portal. A new rule, published Jan. 30 in the Federal Register, requires companies
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The Small Business Administration issued a final ruling Friday that adjusts the agency’s standards in determining what revenue sizes constitute small businesses. In a Federal Register notice, the SBA said it is
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Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) has introduced legislation in favor of directing an additional $11 billion in federal contracting awards to smaller firms, Graves’ office announced Tuesday. Through the Government Efficiency Through Small
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The Department of Veterans Affairs launched its program for training wounded veterans to be contracting specialists in a three-year internship, Federal Computer Week reports. The VA Acquisition Academy Acquisition Internship School’s Warriors to
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The Army is hiring analysts to handle procurement management, policy and oversight, according to a post on USAJobs. The analysts will help develop contracting policy for the Department of the Army and provide
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Although the federal government will increase the importance of price when awarding contracts for goods and services in an upcoming era of tightened budgets, the government’s lead agency for acquiring resources sees
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The Missile Defense Agency for the first time will include a “Contractor Accountability for Quality” clause in an upcoming contract for ground-based missile defense development and sustainment, Bloomberg reports. The MDA will
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Executive Mosaic, the parent company of ExecutiveGov and a stable of online news properties geared toward the government contracting industry, has launched the most in-depth issue yet of our quarterly print magazine GovConExec. In
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