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How new ideas are being welcomed in government contracting – Federal News Network

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While the federal government gets a reputation of sticking in its ways and slowing down the rush of innovation, the actual experience that government contractors have when it comes to interacting with new ideas can be quite different. To understand how the government at large is actually helping spur innovation in a wide range of fields, we spoke to Zhensen Huang, founder of Precise Software Solutions.

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Federal CIO Kent says 2018 achievements sets the table for 2019 goals – Federal News Network

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Suzette Kent, the federal chief information officer, took a victory lap of sorts after completing the final and 52nd task under the 2017 IT Modernization Report to the President this morning.

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Procurement attorney breaks down DISA’s bid protest losses

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The Defense Information Systems Agency thought it had all the bases covered for its systems engineering, technology and innovation contract. Best value, multiple awards, unrestricted and small business are all there. But it lost four protests. Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to explain why.

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Big issues facing small contractors: The intelligence community – Federal News Network

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This week on Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower interviews Larry Letow, president of LG-TEK, and Tom Stauber and Michael Chavira, co-managing partners of Axiologic Solutions. This is show five in the “Big Issues Facing Small Contractors” series and focuses on doing business in the intelligence community(IC).

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Latest FITARA scores show improvement – Federal News Network

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Fourth quarter grades for IT reform efforts came out for agencies. 11 agencies improved their grades and for the first time no agency received an F on the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act or FITARA scorecard. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released the bi-annual grades yesterday ahead of Wednesday’s hearing with the Department of Health and Human Services. In all, 11 agencies earned a B. up from three in May, and 7 earned a C — which is down from 12 six months ago. The Small Business Administration made the biggest improvement going from a D-plus to a B-plus over the last grading period. (House Oversight and Government Reform Committee)

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Former military officers embrace contracting despite ethics concerns

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Despite conflict of interest laws and regulations, the phenomenon of military officers who head straight for the defense contracting industry, and contractor executives confirmed for high level Defense Department jobs, never seems to stop. In the view of Mandy Smithberger, director of the Center for Defense Information at the Project on Government Oversight, it might be getting worse than ever. She joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more.

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Defense industry aggravated with progress of DoD LPTA contracts – Federal News Network

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Congress fixes things in the one way it can — by passing laws. But in the real world of uber-government, nothing happens until an agency writes a rule to implement the law. Sometimes it takes them months or years to get around to it. Such is the case on rulemaking related to lowest prices, technically acceptable (LPTA) Defense Department contracts. Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president and counsel at the Professional Services Council, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about what’s starting to annoy industry.

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How recent decisions could change the landscape for small businesses – Federal News Network

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Is a task order a contract and thereby subject to the Rule of Two? This issue has been heavily debated — all the way up to the Supreme Court. Yet another agency level decision has been issued that could affect how agencies procure, which could impact small businesses and their ability to compete for federal contracts.

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3 takeaways from DISA’s forecast to industry

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The Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) senior executives combined priorities and contracting plans to help industry understand their needs for fiscal 2019.

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DoD ready to further define and expand fast moving procurement vehicles – Federal News Network

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The Defense Department’s acquisition office is planning on utilizing and further defining two expanded authorities focused on speed in the next few months.

DoD’s will release detailed policy early next year on “middle tier” acquisition — an authority given to the Pentagon in the 2016 defense authorization act, said Ellen Lord, DoD undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment.

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