The General Services Administration is seeking industry opinions on a federal procurement strategy designed to help agencies order information technology and telecommunication services from vendors. GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service wants contractors to
MoreSeveral agencies have requested a “delegation of procurement authority” from the General Services Administration to access other blanket purchase agreements under the continuous diagnostics and monitoring program, FierceGovernmentIT reported Wednesday. David Perera
MoreThe House has approved a revision to the recently-passed federal information technology acquisition bill through a voice vote, FCWÂ reported Tuesday. Adam Mazmanian writes the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act has been revised
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Rafael Borras, undersecretary for management at the Department of Homeland Security, will leave DHS on Feb. 7 and plans to return to the private sector, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Jason Miller
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The General Services Administration wants mobile applications to help train federal agencies’ acquisition personnel, FCW reported Thursday. Mark Rockwell writes that GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service has released a solicitation encouraging developers to
MoreJoe Jordan, set to step down Friday as head of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, has said federal agencies have increased their savings by using strategic sourcing initiatives, Federal News Radio
MoreFrank Kendall, Pentagon acquisition chief, said he will reinforce buying power best practices for the department’s procurement process to guide stakeholders in meeting cost requirements, Defense News reported Wednesday. Marcus Weisgerber writes that
MoreThe U.S. Air Force is asking its acquisition managers to implement programs in the same manner that they executed plans under the 2013 sequestration amid a new federal spending agreement, Federal News
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The Pentagon is looking to existing technologies and commercial processes in order to rapidly build new military equipment such as sensors, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday. Jared Serbu writes Arati Prabhakar, director
MoreTwo lead defense acquisition officials told lawmakers Wednesday they believe the government’s short-term budgeting could heighten the effects of ongoing across-the-board spending cuts on military programs, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Jared Serbu
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