IT commoditization drives assisted acquisitions to focus on professional services – FederalNewsRadio.com

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General Services Administration’s Assisted Acquisition Service finds itself moving away from IT and into professional services.

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White House tech leaders conduct listen, learn with federal CIOs – FederalNewsRadio.com

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Federal CIOs from every Cabinet and large agency made a trip to the White House over the last month to provide a brain dump to the Trump administration.

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DoD announces industry day to facilitate implementation of new network penetration reporting clause | Government Contracts Advisor

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In response to a chorus of implementation questions raised by the contracting community, the US Department of Defense (DoD) has announced an industry information day, during which contractors who have questions or wish to provide feedback regarding DoD’s Network Penetration Reporting and Contracting for Cloud Services final rule can raise those questions. On April 5, 2017, DoD published a notice of meeting in the Federal Register announcing the “Industry Information Day” on June 23, 2017.

Source: DoD announces industry day to facilitate implementation of new network penetration reporting clause | Government Contracts Advisor

“Government Control” Didn’t Affect Electronic Proposal Timeliness, Says GAO – SmallGovCon

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A proposal was late even though it reached the government’s server by the proposal deadline, according to the GAO. But the Court of Federal Claims has a

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How DHS’ acquisition oversight strategy is picking up steam – FederalNewsRadio.com

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Homeland Security Department management said they’re now requiring documentation and life cycle cost estimations for all major acquisition programs.

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Run, don’t walk, away from GSA’s transactional data reporting rule – FederalNewsRadio.com

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Larry Allen makes the case that contractors could face increased liabilities because of GSA’s Transactional Data Reporting rule.

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Proposed Legislation Would Requiring Publishing the Full Text of Government Contracts | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update

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Last month, Senator McCaskill (MO) introduced the Contractor Accountability and Transparency Act of 2017. Despite its name, the only thing it requires is for the Government to post electronic versions of all contracts over $150,000 (the simplified acquisition threshold).

… machine readable, searchable copy of each covered contract entered into by a Federal agency after the date of the enactment … posted not later than 30 days after the agency enters into the contract.

Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Proposed Legislation Would Requiring Publishing the Full Text of Government Contracts

How Government Is Reforming IT Procurement and What it Means for Vendors | Government Technology

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The way state and local government buys technology is changing. But how?

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What will happen at FirstNet during the next few years? Check out this timeline for potential answers | Urgent Matters

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With AT&T being awarded the 25-year contract to build the nationwide FirstNet system last week, here is a glimpse at the proposed milestones we may see during the next few years.

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Defense Contractors See End of Budget Decline – Contracting – GovExec.com

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Pentagon awards rose by a surprising 7 percent in 2016, think tank says.

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