The Government Accountability Office has called on the U.S. Coast Guard to develop a 20-year modernization plan for its fleet of cutter ships and aircraft to determine assets that need to be acquired in order
MoreTerry Halvorsen, chief information officer at the Defense Department, has said the government should forge partnerships with industry in order to address cybersecurity challenges, Signal magazine reported Wednesday. Sandra Jontz writes Halvorsen gave the
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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) has proposed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017 that would remove a provision that imposes a restriction on the U.S. Navyâs use
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Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said he opposes language in a draft fiscal 2017 defense authorization bill to separate military procurement and research and engineering functions into two proposed organizations, DoD News reported Wednesday.
MoreThe General Services Administration will embed an acquisition expert within the newly established Technology Transformation Service group in a move to boost 18F‘s acquisition capabilities, FCW reported Monday. Mark Rockwell writes a contracting
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Anne Rung, administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, has outlined several measures that OFPP has undertaken to implement category management across the government. Rung told Michael Keegan, host of The Business of
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Rear Adm. Thomas Moore, program executive officer for aircraft carriers at the U.S. Navy, has been nominated commander of the Naval Sea Systems Command. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Friday President Barack Obama
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Sens. Mark Warner (D-Virginia) and Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota) have proposed a bill that would direct the Defense Department to avoid the use of “lowest price, technically acceptable” procedures to buy knowledge-based professional services
MoreThe Air Force Materiel Command will set up a team within the Air Force Research Laboratory as part of its Strategic Development Planning initiative in support of the Defense Departmentâs Third Offset
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Two government-contracting trade organizations have urged the Defense Department to take action to address their concerns about DoD’s use of a “lowest price, technically acceptable” method for selecting vendors for its Encore III information technology acquisition program.
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