Since last week’s FAR & Beyond blog, Existential Questions Surrounding H.R 2511’s Proposed “Online Marketplace,” Section 101 of H.R. 2511, the Defense Acquisition Streamlining and Transparency Act (DASTA), concerning procurement through online marketplaces, is now Section 801 in the markup of the Committee’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2018. Section 801 is
H.R. 2511, the “Defense Acquisition Streaming and Transparency Act” (“the bill”) was introduced on May 18, 2017. The bill seeks to streamline the Department of Defense’s (DoD) acquisition system, invest early in acquisition programs, and improve the acquisition workforce, and improve transparency in the acquisition system. Streamlining can be a powerful market facilitator, enhancing competition,
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Last week, the General Services Administration (GSA), announced the merging of the Technology Transformation Service (TTS) into the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS). Created in May 2016, TTS’s mission is to transform of “the way government builds, buys, and shares technology.” TTS serves as a center of digital excellence, deploying a cadre of subject-matter experts to
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This week, I joined hundreds of other acquisition professionals in Tacoma, Washington for the GSA’s Professional Services & Human Capital Symposium. This symposium brought together several program offices and approximately 600 attendees for three days of informative and collaborative discussions, which included industry acquisition workshops focused on the PSS, OASIS Program Management Review (PMR), and
This week, I joined hundreds of other acquisition professionals in Tacoma, Washington for the GSA’s Professional Services & Human Capital Symposium. This symposium brought together several program offices and approximately 600 attendees for three days of informative and collaborative discussions, which included industry acquisition workshops focused on the PSS, OASIS Program Management Review (PMR), and
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On May 15, 2017, the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) held an industry day focused on the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program. The meeting covered the future issuance of task orders for Dynamic and Evolving Federal Enterprise Network Defense (DEFEND) via the Alliant GWAC and its follow-on Alliant
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