defense acquisition

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How to keep new policy from making procurement less efficient

Frontline contracting officers contend with a lot of policy. One thing about policy, it’s always changing. And that can get in the way of basic efficiency…

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The Defense Department clarifies how to use other transaction authority

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A defense acquisition professor’s advice on DoD innovation

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To streamline acquisitions, 809 Panel presses DoD to adopt portfolio management

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DoD/Staff Sgt. Pete Thibodeau, U.S. Marine CorpsU.S. Army special operations forces walk to a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft to conduct a high-altitude, low-opening jump with Philippine and Australian special operations forces May 7, 2014, during Balikatan 2014 at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines. Balikatan is an annual bilateral training exercise designed to increase interoperability between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military when responding to future natural disasters.

Reform panel on track to cut DoD-specific acquisition regs by half

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Defense, civilian contractors laying groundwork to implement NIST information-sharing framework

It’s a long road ahead, but federal agencies and contractors are laying the groundwork to implement NIST’s latest framework to protect federal information.

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Expert panel takes first crack at reforming DoD acquisition system

First volume of three expected reports from the “Section 809” panel seeks changes in areas ranging from business IT to contract oversight and commercial…

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Michelle Currier: Why debriefings are so important

Federal agencies are now experimenting with extended debriefings, where everything is on the table.

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