The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Defense and Aerospace Export Council has expressed support for the Trump administration’s implementation plan for a new policy governing U.S. arms transfer processes. Keith Webster, president of DAEC
MoreA technology trade association has called on House and Senate conferees to retain in the final fiscal 2019 defense policy bill a provision that would restrict the use of “lowest price technically
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The Department of Homeland Security and the General Services Administration have launched efforts to advance the use of âcommercial solutions openingâ method to speed up the acquisition of innovative platforms and services,
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The Defense Department has released a memorandum that would authorize contracting officers to use a competitive procedure to procure âinnovativeâ commercial technologies and services as part of a four-year pilot program in
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The U.S. Air Forceâs security and protection category council has implemented the category management approach to help the service streamline its procurement processes and achieve cost savings. Scott Heise, council director at the
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Federal agencies obligated $8.56 billion for competitively awarded contracts during fiscal 2017 through a program that is set aside for socially disadvantaged businesses, Bloomberg Government reported Monday. The figure reflects a 24
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The U.S. Air Force has initiated steps to pursue the source selection process for a contract to support the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System recapitalization program amid plans to cancel the
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The General Services Administration has begun implementing an initiative that seeks to authorize government agencies to purchase order-level materials through the Multiple Award Schedules program. OLMs are supplies or services procured in support of
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Defense Department Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy will head the Pentagonâs efforts to procure an enterprise-wide cloud computing system from the private sector, FedScoop reported Thursday. Defense Deputy Secretary Patrick Shanahan, in
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The Defense Information Systems Agency has started adopting the âother transaction authorityâ as a contracting method to facilitate the acquisition process and speed up the delivery of new technology platforms designed to
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