Anne Rung, administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, has issued new guidance on how agencies should use reverse auctions to drive price reductions, competition and small business participation. In a memo sent June 1
MoreThe Office of Federal Procurement Policy and U.S. Digital Service have launched a $320,000 phased challenge on the training and development of federal contracting professionals specialized in digital service acquisition. The Office
MoreThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has announced the 11 winners of its six-month, $500,000 CHIKV Challenge competition, which sought new methods to predict the spread of the chikungunya virus in the West. “The teams… identified gaps
MoreNASA has launched its Cube Quest Challenge comprised of three sub-competitions designed to examine new space exploration technologies and capabilities for small satellites for a total prize money of $5 million. The agency
MoreFrank Kendall, acquisition chief at the Defense Department, said the agency’s new acquisition initiative seeks to increase government-industry partnerships in building strategic weapons for the U.S. military, Defense News reported Monday. He
MoreThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has kicked off a two-year cybersecurity challenge in an effort to explore autonomous systems for responding to cyber threats, FedScoop reported Tuesday. Billy Mitchell writes 35
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has named three additional teams that will compete in the finals of an agency-hosted robotics contest. DARPA expanded the list of finalists after Google-owned company SCHAFT,
MoreThe House has kicked off an application development contest that seeks to engage students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. High school students participating in the contest will work to develop and demonstrate
MoreNASA will award up to $1.5 million for a robotics competition aimed at demonstrating how unmanned aerial vehicles could fly in the same airspace used by manned aircraft, UAS Vision reported Monday.
MoreThe Office of Management and Budget has launched an online vote on four finalists in a government competition seeking cost reduction ideas from federal employees, GovExec reported Monday. Tom Shoop writes contestants
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