Other Transaction Authority

FILE - This June 6, 2013, file photo, shows the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md., where the U.S. Cyber Command is located. The American military services are looking for new ways to bring in more civilians with high-tech skills who can help fight Islamic State militants and prepare for the new range of technological threats the U.S. will face. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

CYBERCOM embraces the non-traditional as acquisition program grows

A CYBERCOM acquisition leader says she doesn’t want the command’s burgeoning buying program to be ‘stodgy and antiquated.’

Defense News

DoD dispelling lingering myths about OTAs

Contracting

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State Dept reshaping acquisition organization, processes

Ask the CIO

Growth of OTAs, corresponding myths gave DoD plenty of reason to update its guide

Defense News

Pentagon works with Congress to limit new acquisition compliance burdens

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Pentagon’s top three priorities for a better acquisition program

Acquisition

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Small tech companies ask Congress for changes to make acquisition easier to navigate

Acquisition

The Defense Department clarifies how to use other transaction authority

Acquisition

Defense Innovation Unit finds new director

Acquisition

Office of the Director of National Intelligence building, ODNI

Intel agencies see ‘appealing’ use cases for OTAs

Acquisition Policy

The Defense Innovation Unit says its positively sailing into its 8th year in business

Defense News

DISA Defense Information Systems Agency Headquarters

Thunderdome hits its targets, DISA moves to next phase of zero trust

With Thunderdome, DISA moves to expand zero trust to more users and add a follow-on contract for applications.

Defense News

Iraqi army units are deployed during military operations of the Iraqi Army's Seventh Brigade in Anbar, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. An Iraqi general said Sunday that security has been beefed up around the Ain al-Asad air base, a sprawling complex in the western Anbar desert that hosts U.S. forces, following a series of attacks. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Pentagon says military needs to adapt to increasingly hotter world

Also in today’s Federal Newscast, the Biden administration takes action to make sure public research results are available to the public. And the Air Force…

Federal Newscast

GSA, DIU working together to get non traditional contractors on board

Defense

The civilian and Defense sides of the government have taken a big step together to move the Defense Department’s innovative, nontraditional contractors to the mainstream of federal contracting.