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Friday, May 16, 2008

Defense bill would halt A-76 competition
The Defense Authorization bill for fiscal 2009 would impose a three-year moratorium on A-76 competitions and require stronger contractor ethics rules.
(Posted May 15, 2008)

DOD moves to limit excessive pass-through costs
An interim rule seeks to limit contractor charges for subcontracted work.
(Posted May 15, 2008)

Web Extra: Marines' virtual training offers varying trade-offs
Full-room simulated environments provide alternative learning opportunities.
(Posted May 12, 2008)

Could frequent industry days help DOD deliver systems?
Acquisition officials propose better and more frequent government/industry communication to solve program delays and cost overruns.
(Posted May 12, 2008)

Training as portable as the Marines
Deployable Virtual Training Environment keeps Marines’ skills from getting rusty.
(Posted May 12, 2008)

GAO: DOD wastes billions on weapons contracts
A new report said the Defense Department shouldn't forbid cost-plus contracts as an incentive for companies to bid on large programs.
(Posted April 29, 2008)

Bunn will replace Lacey at top job in NSPS office
As program executive officer, Bunn's first task will be to rewrite the NSPS regulations.
(Posted April 28, 2008)

Homeland security's cyber eyes
Security experts roll out new techniques to try to keep up with today’s stealthy, transnational cyberattacks.
(Posted April 28, 2008)

DOD, DHS find voice in blogs
Government seeks new ways to get messages out to the public.
(Posted April 21, 2008)

FlipSide: A few minutes with... Larry Roberts
Roberts, former chief scientist at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, was one of the early developers of the Internet.
(Posted April 21, 2008)

DOD troubles reshape GovWorks
DOD restriction forced acquisition agency to evaluate how it operates, follows rules.
(Posted April 21, 2008)

VA data center outage hobbles VistA again
The system went down for several hours on April 10, affecting 12 medical centers from Colorado to California.
(Posted April 15, 2008)

DISA to break ground for new headquarters
The ceremony will begin construction of a 1,070,000-square-foot campus facility that will take three years to build.
(Posted April 15, 2008)

Kelman: The not-so-obvious lesson
A tale of procurement woe shows that contracting officials need to be trusted business advisers.
(Posted April 14, 2008)

From CIO to battlefield techie
Lisa Schlosser finds technical and leadership challenges as an Army reservist, not to mention sandstorms and oven-hot heat.
(Posted April 14, 2008)

Waldron: Restoring balance
GSA has an opportunity to fix problems created by a thorny price reductions clause
(Posted April 7, 2008)

DOD lifts restrictions on Interior's acquisition services
The department has made improvements, said Shay Assad, director of Defense procurement, acquisition policy and strategic sourcing.
(Posted March 31, 2008)

Responders test coordination skills
Disaster exercise demonstrates improvements in incident response performance.
(Posted March 31, 2008)

Contractors could be held to feds' conflict-of-interest standards
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulation Council are interested in determining if, when and how they should address conflicts of interest.
(Posted March 28, 2008)

Marines restore access to online documents
The service took down the doctrine documents almost a year ago.
(Posted March 27, 2008)

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Soloway: Challenges are opportunities
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Aronie: The Eagle and the Arrow
Doan waged bold battles during her tenure, but those battles ended up being distracting.

Doan's departure:

Fox: Doan picked a good fight
By standing up to GSA’s inspector general, Doan showed she understood the proper role of IGs.

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