“DoD has become very much over reliant on management consultants and contractors," Pete Hegseth said.

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Wed, 28 May 2025 22:46:29

We stand ready to assist the legislative and executive branches in their efforts to effectively provide our veterans best value products and services.

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Tue, 27 May 2025 17:20:06

After cancelling its initial award, the Office of Personnel Management re-released a five-year solicitation to buy a cloud-based HR platform.

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Fri, 23 May 2025 16:28:39

Two members of DOGE must approve all IT, professional services and new contracts worth at least $10 million at the Veterans Affairs Department.

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Thu, 22 May 2025 23:02:27

Having a struck out FAR only provides the computer ones and zeroes that turn into words that can be accessed online.

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Thu, 22 May 2025 19:59:28

The Bush administration brought together the right combination of leadership, authorities and will to reduce the number of payroll providers to four, from 22.

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Wed, 21 May 2025 23:21:59

GSA still must answer several questions before it can take over the management of NASA, NITAAC IT GWACs.

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Wed, 21 May 2025 22:47:51

"I do think it's a generational opportunity between the alignment of the Capitol Hill and the administration to streamline," said Keoki Jackson.

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Wed, 21 May 2025 20:41:29

"So the intent is for acquisition professionals to think about this early, to think about the whole process from the front end," said Dan Ramish.

The post The new intellectual property guidebook from DoD is important but likely not your next beach read first appeared on Federal News Network.

Wed, 21 May 2025 17:50:21

"The general move that the government is making, I think, will help the industry be more responsive," said Stephanie Kostro.

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Wed, 21 May 2025 16:51:50

In a memo, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the department to address "deficiencies" in the multibillion dollar Global Household Goods Contract (GHC).

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Wed, 21 May 2025 12:05:17

Richard Beutel, a senior researcher for the Baroni Center for Government Contracting, says it’s time to renew share-in-savings legislation.

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Tue, 20 May 2025 17:34:15

There are strong indications DoD will need to lean on its legacy moving system for most of this summer's work, even though companies hadn't planned for that.

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Fri, 16 May 2025 23:59:42

New data from agencies collected by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) shows inconsistent oversight of foreign risks in SBIR/STTR awards.

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Wed, 14 May 2025 20:22:26

"It really highlights the problems when the regulators don't think carefully enough about the words they're using," said Zach Prince.

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Tue, 13 May 2025 20:09:27