Acquisition
Pentagon, Congress seek to avoid acquisition 'Groundhog Day'
Policymakers attempting to revamp how the military buys and manages weapons and IT systems will have to overcome bureaucratic inertia and the tendency of reform efforts to repeat themselves.
Acquisition
Acting DOD CIO goes public
Terry Halvorsen offers transparency and better data in town hall-style appearance before vendors.
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House bill seeks to reform DHS buying habits
The measure also would make DHS' CIO the lead technical authority for that agency's IT acquisition programs.
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Senate panel OKs $51 billion for Commerce, Justice, Science
An early look shows broad agreement between House and Senate appropriators, but some battles still loom over the details of tech policy.
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Pentagon running behind on contracting database
Though the contracting system is relatively low-tech -- its underlying application cost less than $1 million -- it could have profound implications for DOD policy planning.
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Sequestration gummed up IT plans
Budget cuts caused several agencies to rework plans for funding IT projects or dispense with them altogether, says a GAO report.
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Contractors buoyant about fiscal 2015
With a year of fiscal calm on the horizon, federal contractors are forecasting a jump in revenue, according to a Deltek survey.
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Feds doing a better job of sorting out bad contractors
GAO says suspension and debarment actions have more than doubled over the past four years.
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Pumping up the procurement playbook
HHS CTO Bryan Sivak said he wants to "make it easier to digest and run procurements."
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GSA stands by for OASIS protests
An industry analyst said the agency virtually guaranteed protests by using written debriefings instead of face-to-face meetings with unsuccessful vendors.
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Spreading the OASIS wealth
GSA has awarded contracts to 74 companies under the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services program.
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How feds really view their vendors
Highlights from Washington Technology's survey on the state of agency/industry relationships.
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News and notes from day 3 at FOSE
Women in STEM, paper-based thinking, GWAC updates and a framework for cybersecurity hiring.
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Public-private group envisions 'acquisition of the future'
AOF brings together government and industry in an effort to chart a new course for acquisition overhaul efforts.
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CBP offers 'explanation plus' to losing bidders
The plan is to tell vendors who fail to win a contract why they lost, within the constraints of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, rather than just telling them that they did.
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Developing a course on procurement management -- seeking advice!
Steve Kelman notes the severe lack of research on government procurement, and is looking for the gaps that most need to be filled.
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OMB plans Digital Service to improve IT delivery
Tech professionals would serve in government for two- to four-year rotations on a full-time basis, possibly supplemented with private sector professionals pitching in a given project for a month at a time.
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NIST eyes IT asset management for financial services industry
The agency and its partner, the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, are looking for collaborators on a model system to guard against cyberattacks.
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FAR Part 1: 'If it's not prohibited, it's allowed'
Steve Kelman reflects on what could be the most important sentence in the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
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