Contractors make plans for a messy start to the next fiscal year
The main question now is whether Congress will enact a continuing resolution come October 1st or whether we’ll have a government shutdown. Either way, things will get messy…
Government contracting: Protecting the recipe to your intellectual property
Amid the growth of AI and its follow-on applications, defense contractors are increasingly expected to innovate so that America can stay ahead of the technological curve. While innovation…
For 21st Century IDEA Act, EIS, it’s just a matter of time
Time is a funny concept when it comes to federal technology initiatives. There’s never enough time to fix everything. The initiative needs more time to bake. The law,…
How contractors can make sure they say what they mean when using artificial intelligence to write proposals
It takes a lot of thought to buy artificial intelligence. Contractors trying to sell the stuff, need to put some careful thinking into their proposals and not rush…
Unrestricted loopholes: Are GWACs best feature an end-run around small business?
The federal government’s massive COVID response has quieted some of the zero-sum-game acquisition barking: That the government-contracting game is rigged in favor of the biggest players, that strategic…
House bill would require federal contractors to adopt cyber vulnerability disclosure policy
Vulnerability disclosure policies have proliferated throughout federal agencies in recent years, and if a new House bill ends up becoming law, federal contractors would have to adopt policies…
Contractors ask a defense-procurement commission, where’s the beef?
Defense contractors are scratching their collective head, after a procurement reform commission released some early findings. The Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution Commission (PPBE) seemed to sidestep some…
NCMA Insights: How interactive procurement contracting is changing the training landscape
Tom Temin My guest is Dustin Pitch. He’s the future workforce capabilities lead for the Army Contracting Enterprise. Dustin, good to have you with us. Dustin Pitsch Thanks…
NCMA Insights: Cost estimating for the Air Combat Command
Tom Temin: Give us a little bit of a scope of what it is you cover as a contracting specialist. Eric Christianson: I work through the Air…
NCMA Insights: What is agile contracting?
Tom Temin We’re with Kristina Botelho. She’s a contracting officer with the Air Force and part of the agile contracting community of practice. All right. Let’s start with…