Transparency coming to OTAs, value of VARs
Senate lawmakers push for DoD to publicly disclose data around OTAs, while GSA receives important feedback about the role and value of VARs.
Senate lawmakers push for DoD to publicly disclose data around OTAs, while GSA receives important feedback about the role and value of VARs.
“They don’t want to build facilities and then find out two years from now that the contracts dry up because the conflicts have ended,” Mark Cancian said.
Brenda Crist and Beth Wingate, of Lohfeld Consulting Group, explain how vendors can translate AI into measurable competitive improvements in their proposals.
“I would say you need to be more critical and you need take a look at what these systems do in the strategies required for modern war,” said…
“And now with the reconciliation bill, the contractor community really does need DHS to step up and start delivering,” said Jim Carroll.
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s bill also includes provisions on insider threat reporting for AI companies and new post-quantum cryptography deadlines.
Minburn Technology alleges DoD changed the solicitation without telling the bidders, thus violating the basic tenets of the Competition in Contracting Act.
GSA’s acquisition workforce today is navigating a tangle of pressures. Can a new push toward empowerment help?
The priorities of the Defense Department’s Silicon Valley outpost have evolved since its early days as a conduit to the commercial sector.
“The contracting community feels like it is being punished for maybe a few bad actors in the community,” said Barbara Kinosky.