NIST Adds Smartphone, Supply Chain Guidelines to Cyber Standards
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has added guidelines on addressing smartphone security and foreign manipulation of supply chains to its federal cybersecurity standards, ...
SBA to Target Women-Owned Contractors for New Campaign; Marie Johns Comments
Marie Jones
The Small Business Administration has launched a new effort intended to help women-owned contracting companies compete for more business in the federal government, GovExec ...
White House Budget Proposal Includes Contractor Pay Cap Language
The White House’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2014 includes a request to Congress to set a $230,700 limit on the amount defense and civilian contractors can have employee ...
Army Memo Outlines Employee Furlough Exemptions
A new memo from the U.S. Army aims to provide its civilian employees more details on how the branch will furlough workers, Washington Post reports.
Foreign-born employees deployed overseas, ...
Agencies Would Preset IT Award Price Under House Bill
A House bill intended to reform the federal information technology acquisition process would require agencies to state the price of a product or service before starting competition, ...
Pentagon to Slow Payments to Prime Contractors to Increase Cash Reserve
Defense Department officials have decided to slow down payments for prime contractors to increase its cash reserve effective this week, reports Marcus Weisgerber at Defense News.
Notification ...
IG: DHS Gave $389M In Noncompetitive FY 2012 Contracts
The Department of Homeland Security has reduced spending on noncompetitive contracts each year since fiscal year 2008, going from $3.5 billion in that year to $389 million in fiscal ...
Obama Announces Cyber Exec Order In State Of The Union
White House photo
President Barack Obama signed a widely-anticipated executive order Tuesday aimed at facilitating cybersecurity information sharing between the government and the private ...
Bill Introduced to Protect Salaries of Soldiers,Contractors in Case of Government Shutdown
Senator Jerry Moran
In the event of a government shutdown, Senators Mark Udall and Jerry Moran say civilians who work for the Defense Department, contractors and soldiers should ...
Tom Davis Advocating for New Contractor Payment Model
Tom Davis (pictured center)
Congress should form a new procurement model that pays contractors only when they achieve defined business results, former Virginia Rep. Tom Davis told a ...
