The Minority Business Development Agency will open a new business center in Washington to help facilitate investment, contracting and business opportunities for minority-owned companies. Performance-based Solutions Inc. will run the D.C. Capitol MBDA
MoreThe General Services Administration has issued a set of instructional guidelines for contracting managers and vendors to oversee the agency’s schedules program, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Jason Miller writes that GSA’s
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Senate and House armed services committee leaders have enlisted nine trade groups to review the Pentagon’s weapons acquisition system and make recommendations to streamline the process, National Defense Magazine reported Sunday. Sandra
MoreThe Defense Department is reviewing the General Services Administrationâs schedules for potential variations in prices, Federal Times reported Friday. Nicole Blake Johnson writes Pentagon is concerned about the cost it pays for commercial
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Vice Adm. David Dunaway, commander of the Naval Air Systems Command, has said the command needs to tweak its approach in fleet procurement and system engineering in order to afford future programs,
MoreThe General Services Administration is seeking industry opinions on a federal procurement strategy designed to help agencies order information technology and telecommunication services from vendors. GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service wants contractors to
MoreGovernment agencies are increasingly looking to users of government-wide acquisition contracts such as the General Services Administration and NASAÂ to see how those agencies met their procurement needs and made decisions, Federal News
MoreSeveral agencies have requested a “delegation of procurement authority” from the General Services Administration to access other blanket purchase agreements under the continuous diagnostics and monitoring program, FierceGovernmentIT reported Wednesday. David Perera
MoreThe U.S. Air Force is considering plans to partner with companies and foreign nations on satellite-based surveillance projects as the branch works to manage budget limitations, Reuters reported Tuesday. Irene Klotz writes
MoreThe House has approved a revision to the recently-passed federal information technology acquisition bill through a voice vote, FCWÂ reported Tuesday. Adam Mazmanian writes the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act has been revised
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