The Air Force has partnered with the General Services Administration to establish a working group that will help the military branch acquire products and services through GSA-run contract vehicles. Tom Sharpe, commissioner
MoreA new Government Accountability Office report says agencies generally have increased their efforts to monitor and document the performance of contractors over the past year. However, most of them fell short in
MoreA top Defense Department official says vendors looking to secure government contracts should view the current system as presenting more opportunities to them than hindrances as agencies seek to drive innovation, Breaking Defense
MoreJoe Klimavicz, chief information officer at the Justice Department, will implement a service broker model for the agency’s acquisition of IT services and infrastructure to replace a traditional in-house process, FCW reported Friday. Colby Hochmuth writes that Justice
MoreThe Department of Homeland Security must implement acquisition training and certification standards to limit program risks, Jordon Sims of the Project Management Institute writes in a Federal Times opinion piece published Thursday. Sims,
MoreA bipartisan House of Representatives group has introduced a bill to overhaul the process by which federal agencies procure information technology products and services. The Reforming Federal Procurement of Information Technology Act
MoreThe Government Accountability Office has reviewed the factors the Defense Department used when it selected the best value processes to assess a vendorâs proposal in fiscal year 2013. GAO evaluated 183 sample contracts
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Anne Rung, President Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, has outlined her priorities during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, Federal News Radio reported
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Defense Department officials espoused this week the agencyâs mission to elevate testing and evaluation as key aspects of the acquisition process, FCW reported Wednesday. Sean Lyngaas writes Darlene Costello, DoD principal deputy assistant
MoreNick Nayak, the Department of Homeland Security‘s former chief procurement officer, urges the government to work on training and retaining its procurement workforce as the field is critical to national security, The Washington Post reported
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