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Bill aims to overhaul wartime contracting
New legislation aims to implement some recommendations of the Commission on Wartime Contracting. Includes provisions that would automatically suspend contractors accused of wrongdoing in overseas contingency scenarios.
Tags: DoD , Congress , Senate , Commission on Waretime Contracting , acquistion , industry , contingency contracting , State Department , USAID , Claire McCaskill , James Webb , suspension and debarment , past performance , Professional Services Council , Stan Soloway , Jared Serbu
DoD fortifying cyber buying strategy
Frank Kendall, DoD's acting acquisition chief, said the first version fell flat due to "interest groups" weakening it. He said Congress required the strategy to detail how the military will buy offensive and defensive cyber capabilities. It's part of a broader effort to fix the Pentagon's acquisition process.
Tags: acquisition , DoD , acquisition workforce , acquisition policy , industry , Better Buying Power initiative , performance management , Alan Chvotkin , Professional Services Council , cybersecurity , CSIS , Jason Miller ,
Obama announces 3 key DoD nominations
President Barack Obama announced a slate of nominees for administration posts, including three in key Defense Department positions. They include nominees for the Pentagon's personnel and policy chiefs and the department's chief weapons buyer.
Tags: acquisition , DoD , people , Erin Conaton , Air Force , James Miller , Clifford Stanley , Jo Ann Rooney , Michele Flournoy , Ashton Carter
DoD reassures Congress it is fixing contingency contracting
Senior defense leaders told Congress they've already made huge steps toward implementing the recommendations of the Commission on Wartime Contracting. Former members of the panel say DoD still has a lot of work to do.
Tags: DoD , Congress , Senate , Commission on Wartime Contracting , Dov Zakheim , Katherine Schinasi , Claire McCaskill , Brooks Bash , acqusition , management , Jared Serbu , Iraq , Afghanistan
DoD savings won't target industry profits
Even though a short era of ever-increasing military budgets has come to a close, Pentagon leaders said Monday their quest to find savings in defense spending is not aimed at reducing the profitability of contractors.
Tags: DoD , contracting , acquisition , Better buying power , industry , Ashton Carter , Jared Serbu
Reporters' Roundup: DoD bottom line will look very different
These are the stories Federal News Radio reporters are working on today.
Tags: Jared Serbu , DoD , acquisition , contracting , reporters
Programs continue despite cost overruns, GAO says
The Government Accountability Office said in findings announced to Congress Tuesday that the Nunn-McCurdy amendment, designed to curtail cost growth in Defense programs, has succeeded in bringing an end to only one overly costly military program in the last 14 years.
Tags: DoD , cost overruns , contracting , DoD budget , Congress , Nunn-McCurdy , Tom Carper , GAO , Jared Serbu
DAU hires new president, launches services tool
Katrina McFarland takes over for Frank Anderson as the new head of the Defense Acquisition University. DAU also will provide help for all agencies in buying services.
Tags: contracting , Kathrina McFarland , Lyle Eesley , Ashton Carter , DAU , DoD , Missile Defense Agency , service acquisitions , Service Acquisition Mall , Jason Miller
President nominates Werfel to be OMB controller
He also nominates new CPSC commissioner and chairwoman of Merit Systems Protection Board.
Tags: mngt , contracting , P&B , Daniel Werfel , Susan Tsui Grundmann , Anne Northup , Anne Wagner , OMB , DoD , MSPB , CPSC
