OFPP pushing agencies to hone in on next generation acquisition workers
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is raising the acquisition workforce tide in an attempt to lift all agency contracting shops. In a new memo released this morning,…
How the Army uses prize competitions to boost its small business innovation program
Prize competitions have grown in popularity. They help agencies find needed new technologies and potential suppliers at low cost, and they introduce new companies to federal business. The…
Four companies face SEC fines for not disclosing they were affected by the SolarWinds hack
The Securities and Exchange Commission is slapping four companies with fines for misleading disclosures about a major cybersecurity hack. The SEC announced fines against Unisys, Avaya, Check Point…
Army wants to cut award times to six months
The Army wants to reduce the contract awarding process from the nearly two-year cycle — a notorious bottleneck for deploying technology to the field — to less than…
Excitement growing over GSA’s COMET II program
Listen carefully and you can hear the buzz in the federal market about a new contract from the General Services Administration. It’s not another big governmentwide contract like…
Commercial space companies now able to churn out satellites
The firm Aerospacelab, Inc. recently opened up a brand new satellite manufacturing facility in Torrance, California. The company plans on being to put out, on average, two satellites…
Wherever contractors look, the government is looking back
Don’t say they didn’t warn you. Contractors are on notice that the General Services Administration’s Schedules programs will be under examination next year. It’s all outlined in the…
Legislation now calling for spacecraft manufacturers to create cybersecurity plan when working with NASA
The Spacecraft Cybersecurity Act was recently introduced in the House this past summer. The legislation would require NASA to secure a cybersecurity protection plan from manufacturers applying to…
Army aims for speed in new $10B software contract
The Army wants to create a huge new ID/IQ contract to modernize the way it buys and builds software — and it’s not wasting any time. Just a…
Housing at the top of the Army’s agenda this coming year
The Army is putting a lot of focus on fixing its housing this year. The service has allocated $2.1 million for various barracks projects. The plan includes constructing…