Acquisition
No more bids by telegram
Administration memo pushing 21st century procurement also takes aim at a 19th century submission method.
Acquisition
Challenges and prizes: Procurement vehicle of the future?
How NASA and other agencies are using contests to bring better ideas into acquisition.
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Counting down to Dec. 11, DHS' Einstein award and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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Beyond FITARA: 8 ways the defense bill seeks to modernize Pentagon IT
The measure signals a certain impatience with the way the military is adapting -- or not adapting -- to new technological realities.
Acquisition
Cyber justice, (ISC)2 shuffle and Nuix deal
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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FITARA included in compromise defense measure
Negotiators on the defense authorization bill included provisions from the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act in what they hope is the final version of the legislation.
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What agencies want to hear when buying IT
A new study helps vendors understand what messages resonate (and tells feds how their peers prefer to be pitched).
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Emily 'Millie' Maksymiuk
This self-taught proposal manager has led teams whose winning proposals have resulted in nearly $16 million in contracts for GovSmart.
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Cristen Cole
This GSA Rising Star single-handedly provided program management for the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation portfolio in its first year.
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Shawn Garrow
This Rising Star has been involved in the Navy's biggest IT projects in recent years, including the Next Generation Enterprise Network.
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Nina Malakouti
This Rising Star nailed down two of the General Services Administration's biggest Schedule 70 contracts in 2013.
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GSA works on CAP
"With IT, we will never be done categorizing," said Kevin Youel Page of the Federal Acquisition Service.
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Hagel outlines DOD 'innovation initiative'
Invoking the ascendance of Russia and China, and the leveling of the technological playing field, the defense secretary calls for smarter R&D in tight fiscal times.
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A bold approach to transforming IT acquisition
Without a future vision and an appetite for risk, reforms lead down a rabbit hole. There is a better way.
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NASA rethinks contract awards under latest SEWP iteration
Responding to multiple protests, NASA said that until "corrective action is complete, any awarded SEWP V contracts remain suspended."
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Altman, Murphy, Sanghani recognized by contractor community
The Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards also honored Agilex, American Systems, Arc Aspicio, Eagle Ray and IndraSoft.
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IG: DOD lacks quality management approach
The Defense Department lacks an overarching policy to consistently apply quality management system requirements, according to a Pentagon inspector general report.
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DHS inks temporary myE-Verify contract
The myE-Verify application will allow workers to check the information on their I-9s to see if the E-Verify system would confirm their eligibility.
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It's the requirements, stupid...
Steve Kelman argues that the best place to improve federal procurements is at the beginning.
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Contractors struggle with 'patchwork' of cybersecurity regulations
The hack of USIS, and OPM's subsequent decision not to renew the background-check firm's contracts, has cast new light on government-contractor relations. Some legal experts believe the protocols for reporting data breaches are a tangled web.
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