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The federal government must look to the commercial sector to supply its information technology needs, but nobody says the process through which it does so is easy, or simple. The Federal Acquisition Regulation is often subject to revision and the Defense Department is debating how to accommodate IT purchases under its acquisition directive, the DoD 5000.
Agencies will often use the General Services Administration, and its schedules, even while GSA struggles to find a place for itself in this dynamically changing landscape.
NewsVA likely biased in favor of BAH, says IG
Veterans Affairs Department auditors say Booz Allen Hamilton was the recipient of potential bias toward an incumbent when the VA awarded it a $133 million contract in September 2010 for information Read more...
Conference committee approves anti-IT counterfeiting provision in defense authorization bill
A conference committee of House and Senate lawmakers approved Dec. 12 a compromise fiscal 2012 defense authorization bill that retains a Senate provision requiring the Defense Department and its Read more...
Army officials: Agile, in-field testing here to stay
Rapid acquisition, facilitated by Network Integration Evaluations, is a core part of Army's modernization efforts, said Army officials during a Sept. 27 AFCEA DC event in Arlington, Va. NIEs allow Read more...
Spotlight: DoD lengthens comment period on proposed rule to extend NIST cybersecurity standards to Defense contractors
The Defense Department is extending by 93 days the comment period for a proposed change to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement that would require contractors in possession of Read more...
Users will see no difference with NGEN, says Hendricks
Users should see no difference when the Navy Department finally switches off its massive Navy/Marine Corps Internet (currently incarnate as the Continuity-Of-Service Contract) and turns on its Read more...
Audio: Hendricks on NGEN procurement
The Navy will release one or possibly two draft request for proposals for its massive Next Generation Enterprise Network on Sept. 30, the Naval Enterprise Networks program office announced Aug. 18. A Read more...
OMB directs agencies to expand CIO powers
Federal chief information officers should have more responsibility, says the Office of Management and Budget in an Aug. 8 memo. The memo, signed by OMB Director Jack Lew, outlines four areas where Read more...
IV&V not always implemented for major DHS IT acquisitions, says GAO
Although the Homeland Security Department says it's been widely using independent verification and validation in its major information technology acquisition programs, Government Accountability Read more...
Navy embraces cloud computing
Department of Navy forays into cloud computing appear to be gathering steam with the July 12 release of two requests for information, one for thin- or zero- client devices, the other for Read more...
FAR Council appears to question GAO IDIQ bid protest authority
The Federal Acquisition Regulation Council appears in a July 5 interim rule to dispute the Government Accountability Office's assertion of authority to hear indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity Read more...
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