Acquisition & Procurement

  Deborah Lee James U.S. Air Force Sec. Deborah Lee James has detailed the service branch's Bending the Cost Curve acquisition system that seeks to support innovation and deliver cost savings and process efficiencies. James wrote...

Larry Allen, founder and president of Allen Federal Business Partners, has said government acquisition officials should monitor spending on services in order to manage procurement processes in the federal government. Allen...

Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has said the Defense Department should tolerate risks through experimentation when it comes to the acquisition of new technology platforms, FCW...

  Peter Fanta Rear Adm. Peter Fanta, director of surface warfare (N96) at the U.S. Navy, has said the service branch is working to analyze capability gaps to prepare for its procurement...

The Government Accountability Office reports that a majority of the 11 federal agencies authorized to use what GAO called "other transaction" agreements for contracting or financial assistance programs employed them...

The General Services Administration's 18F unit has introduced an online micro-purchase platform for open-source code developers to bid on various projects at the digital services organization. V. David Zvenyach and Alla Goldman Seiffert wrote in...

A Government Accountability Office official has said that the Transportation Security Administration has initiated efforts to change the way it acquires passenger and baggage screening systems used at airports in order to comply with the...

The Defense Department has proposed a new rule that would facilitate increased oversight by Congress on the department's multi-year contract procurement activities, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Scott Maucione writes...

The Defense Department has issued an interim rule that amends a provision in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to enable contractors to implement National Institute of Standards and Technology security...