The Defense Contract Management Agency is in the process of hiring personnel for its network of “centers of excellence” that aim to give procurement and contracting officers guidance on what constitutes as a commercial item versus a non-commercial product, DCMA’s director has told ExecutiveGov. Air Force Lt. Gen. Wendy Masiello, who has …
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GSA’s Chris Hamm: Acquisition Arena Needs Industry-Gov’t Comm Growth
Industry can help shape contracting requirements and should give agencies information on the work done in commercial markets to help customers address requirements before the government starts an acquisition initiative, a GSA executive has told ExecutiveGov. Chris Hamm, director of GSA’s Federal Systems Integration and Management Center, said the government’s goal should be to have …
Read More »Terry Halvorsen: Employee Exchanges Can Bolster Industry-Gov’t Partnerships
Industry and government can have more direct exchanges of employees in order for the public and private sectors to share data and understand concepts on both sides, the Defense Department‘s chief information officer has told ExecutiveGov. Terry Halvorsen also said he believes such an exchange of personnel would help the Pentagon analyze its …
Read More »Deborah Lee James: Future USAF Cyber Hub to House Collaboration for Soldiers, Industry
A future facility at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs will seek to give soldiers an environment for collaborations with industry and academia in the field of cybersecurity, the service branch’s top civilian leader has told ExecutiveGov. Deborah Lee James, Air Force secretary, said the service branch aims to have …
Read More »Interview: Matt Goodrich on FedRAMP In The Year Ahead, Cloud Barriers at Agencies
The Potomac Officers Club — owned by this website’s parent company Executive Mosaic — held its FedRAMP Forum Thursday in Falls Church, Va. for government and contracting executives to discuss the governmentwide cloud computing initiative’s current state and exchange ideas on how to navigate this program. Matt Goodrich, FedRAMP’s program director, …
Read More »Matt Goodrich: FedRAMP Website Updates Key on Info Availability, Stakeholder Education
The General Services Administration emphasized wider availability of information on the FedRAMP cloud computing initiative and user experience with updates to the program’s website that went live in March, FedRAMP’s director has told Executive Gov. Matt Goodrich, who has led the FedRAMP initiative for GSA since September 2011, also said the agency has included a new …
Read More »Frank Kendall: Better Buying Power 3.0 Implementation Guide in The Works
The Defense Department is working on a set of guidelines for how to implement the Better Buying Power 3.0 initiative in the Pentagon’s push to modify the way it acquires new technology products, DoD acquisition chief Frank Kendall said Tuesday in Washington. Kendall told an audience of GovCon industry leaders and …
Read More »Robert Work: Congress ‘Reluctant’ to Accept Pentagon’s BRAC Proposal, Modernization Hit Under Sequester
Congress has been reluctant to accept the Defense Department‘s proposal for another Base Realignment and Closure Round the Pentagon believes could help it reallocate funds toward modernization and readiness initiatives, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said Tuesday in Washington. Work told an audience of GovCon industry leaders at the Newseum …
Read More »Marilyn Tavenner to Depart CMS in February
Marilyn Tavenner, head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, will leave the agency in February and be succeeded in the interim by Principal Deputy Administrator Andrew Slavitt, the Huffington Post and other media outlets reported Friday. The Huffington Post, which first published the news of the impending transition, says Slavitt …
Read More »Dan Tangherlini to Leave GSA in February, Denise Turner Roth Named Acting Chief
Dan Tangherlini, head of the General Services Administration for nearly three years, has informed employees in a letter posted to GSA’s website Thursday that he will depart the agency on February 13. Tangherlini told GSA staffers that Denise Turner Roth, who joined GSA as deputy administrator in March 2014, will …
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