Acquisition & Procurement

Canada’s Defense Ministry has adopted a new strategy to procure surface combatant ships for the Royal Canadian Navy in a move to accelerate proposed delivery schedule two years ahead of the original timeframe....

The U.S. Army has halted its effort to upgrade the ergonomics and accuracy of its M4 carbine assault rifles after it reviewed proposals from industry, Army Times reported Sunday. Kyle Jahner writes the...

Mary Davie The General Services Administration, NASA and the National Institutes of Health will each hold buying events from June to September in an effort to increase participation of federal...

A Government Accountability Office report indicates a decline in the Defense Department’s sole-source contracts worth more than $20 million that are awarded to small businesses under the 8(a) program. The number of DoD 8(a) sole-source...

The U.S. Air Force is establishing a new office at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to oversee the implementation of open architecture standards throughout the service branch's acquisition system, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday. Jared Serbu writes...

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is continuing on its strategy to enlist the help of private industry imaging and analytics systems in order to grow the agency's intelligence portfolio, C4ISR & Networks reported Monday. Adam...

The Office of Management and Budget has implemented a policy that directs federal agencies to use a coordinated approach when they procure and manage commercial or commercial-off-the-shelf software. U.S. Chief Acquisition Officer Anne Rung and Chief Information Officer Tony Scott...

LaVerne Council LaVerne Council, chief information officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs, highlighted the VA's plan to buy cloud computing services and its other information technology modernization efforts during an interview...

The Transportation Department has paused procurements for new technology while waiting for the completion of an inventory over DOT's information technology properties, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Jason Miller writes the IT...

A Deltek analysis of federal contracting activity found that the departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security and Agriculture spent the most on prime contracts with small businesses during fiscal...