Acquisition
A SEWP explainer, an IG appeal and transportation info sharing
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
Backseat drivers plague procurement
Acquisition officers get too much advice from people who can't move the process forward, says Army Assistant Secretary Heidi Shyu.
Acquisition
GSA looks for help in category management
A Federal Acquisition Service RFI seeks help in both day-to-day implementation and changing the culture.
Acquisition
SEWP switchover, more GSA hallways and a Commerce industry day
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
NS2020 sparks deluge of questions
GSA's telecom contract draft RFP is drawing plenty of attention from industry and agencies.
Acquisition
Kendall welcomes House acquisition reform bill, with caveats
The Pentagon's top acquisition official says provisions concerning the service chiefs and acquisition experience for personnel need improvement.
Modernization
TSA is running out of space
The base requirements for a new data storage system include delivery, installation and migration of a minimum 480 terabytes.
Acquisition
Cyber takes center stage in Pentagon's new acquisition guidance
Better Buying Power 3.0 adds cybersecurity to the list of potential trouble spots in weapons, IT and other acquisitions.
Acquisition
FAA delays procurement to respond to hack
Unspecified cyberattack prompts agency to rethink its Security Operations Center requirements
Acquisition
SEWP contracts, RFP ghostwriting and national lab royalties
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
DHS retools license plate reader proposal
A previous effort to obtain license plate reader capabilities was terminated after public outcry over privacy concerns.
Modernization
'A tale of two contracting methods'
As the comment period ends for GSA's Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract vehicle, it begins for the Alliant 2 GWAC. Industry experts say there are some interesting contrasts.
Modernization
A FedRAMP OK for Huddle, a server relocation dispute and national lab leadership changes
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
Necessity is the mother of Navy acquisition reform
The Navy's Innovation Cell is designed to speed up a lumbering acquisition system by getting vendors involved earlier in the process.
Acquisition
Warren: VISTA is here to stay
The pending move by DoD to a system based on a commercial health record system won't alter the data sharing relationship with VA, says the acting CIO.
Acquisition
SEWP V is live (sort of)
NASA is on track to launch the new acquisition contract in May, Program Manager Joanne Woytek said. But some of SEWP V's improvements have already been folded back into SEWP IV.
Acquisition