Acquisition
FLRA puts SSA judges' contract on hold
The reversal pauses of the implementation of a new contract while a lawsuit against a subcomponent of the Federal Labor Relations Authority plays out.
Modernization
Pentagon's AI chief: lack of enterprise cloud 'has slowed us down'
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center has been hampered by enterprise cloud program delays, but is pivoting with the Air Force's help.
Acquisition
NITAAC says it can fill in for STARS
The National Institutes of Health's governmentwide contracts can pick up the slack for GSA's STARS II 8(a) small business set aside contract’s early cut off.
Modernization
In COVID relief, lawmakers look to help states with legacy IT
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging House leaders to include funding for states to modernize their technology infrastructure with an eye to a cloud-first approach, shared services that deliver functionality to cities and towns and some oversight of state technology plans as a condition of receiving funding.
Acquisition
DIU chief: Earnings focus thwarts innovation
The head of DOD's Defense Innovation Unit suggested that any technology race with China commands a dramatic shift in U.S. market strategies.
Acquisition
Infrastructure readiness lags behind VA health record plans
The first go-live date for the Cerner health record at a VA facility was delayed first because of readiness problems and then because of COVID-19 pandemic, but an oversight report indicates that infrastructure woes plagued the project almost from the beginning.
Acquisition
Cyber and other transaction agreements
Other transaction agreements will be subject to the Defense Department’s unified cybersecurity standard, according to Katie Arrington, DOD’s chief information security officer for acquisition.
Acquisition
HASC chairman: DOD doesn't need more stimulus money
Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), the House Armed Services Committee chairman, said the Defense Department doesn't need any more money from a future coronavirus stimulus bill.
Acquisition
Paycheck protection, other pandemic response to garner 'flash' oversight
Agency inspectors general told Congress that the $2.2 trillion in spending to speed recovery and heal economic damage caused by the pandemic would be subject to quick oversight.
Modernization
Big changes on GSA's IT category team
Bill Zielinski, who had been the face of the agency's next-generation, $50 billion telecommunications contract, is leaving to become a municipal CIO.
Modernization
Navy CIO: Future networks hinge on flexible acquisitions now
Navy CIO Aaron Weis wants to rebuild the service's network architecture to look and function more like industry, but acquisition culture and structure slow progress.
Acquisition
OMB follows DOD with guidance on paying idled contractors
The White House instructs federal agencies to leverage relief for contractors in the CARES Act where appropriate.
Acquisition
FAA asks employees to round up N95 masks, other PPE
The Federal Aviation Administration put out an email blast to employees at field offices and airport facilities on April 8 looking for medical supplies to share out to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services.
Acquisition
GAO: Agencies are missing EIS targets
Federal agencies are slow to adopt the governmentwide $50 billion next generation telecommunications contract vehicle, according to a Government Accountability Office report.
Acquisition
Legacy systems crumble under high demand
Unemployment insurance and other social safety net IT systems around the county are crumbling under the stress of millions of users seeking to apply for benefits in the wake of unprecedented unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Acquisition
DHS contractors subject to new COVID-19 screening procedures
The new restrictions come as federal agencies and industry grapple with how best to collaborate on projects under quarantines and social distancing guidelines designed to limit in-person gatherings.
Acquisition
National Labs turn to 3D printing for medical supplies
National labs look to 3D printing to ease COVID medical supply chain squeeze, but reports shows need remains stark.
Acquisition
Pandemic delays GSA's e-commerce plans
With COVID-19 support response prioritized, the General Services Administration puts a hold on its e-commerce portal proof of concept contract.
Acquisition
Even when government gets it right, it gets no credit -- a ventilator story
Steve Kelman spotlights a story of smart acquisition hidden behind a doom-and-gloom headline.
Acquisition
Supply chain jolts linked to coronavirus hit federal IT
A governmentwide federal contract vehicle joined large commercial suppliers in voicing concern over COVID-19's impact on IT supply chains.
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