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Military worried small business suppliers will disappear during sequestration
Small firms already have taken a disproportionate hit from DoD's pullback in 2013 spending, Pentagon officials say. Military acquisition leaders worry the sudden cuts will bankrupt small businesses that provide one-of-a-kind capabilities.
Tags: DoD , sequestration , Army , Navy , Air Force , Sean Stackley , Charles Davis , Jared Serbu , small business , defense industrial base , industry , contracting , House Armed Services Committe
In Army, sequestration will force about-face on acquisition reforms
Army says its implementation of DoD's Better Buying Power directives saved hundreds of millions of dollars last year, but this year's budget chaos will undo much of the progress.
Tags: DoD , Army , acquisition , Better buying power , Gabe Camarillo , Harold Greene , Jared Serbu , AUSA , budget , sequestration , contracting
Army looks 30 years into future on acquisition, modernization
The service's new acquisition strategy tries to imagine the Army's needs over the next three decades as the focus shifts away from large counterinsurgency and stability operations.
Tags: DoD , Army , Rapid acquisition , acquisition , industry , Keith Walker , James Barclay
Sequestration may hit defense industry harder than troops
Sequestration would kill hundreds of thousands of defense industry jobs, the Pentagon warns. Frank Kendall told senators during his nomination hearing to be the DoD acquisition chief that personnel accounts would be shielded so lower-tiered contractors would feel the brunt of cuts.
Tags: DoD , Congress , John McCain , Carl Levin , industry , sequestration , Budget Control Act , defense industrial base , Frank Kendall , Jared Serbu
Obama to nominate former SBA official Jordan to head OFPP
President Barack Obama announced Friday his plans to nominate Joseph Jordan, a former Small Business Administration official, to head the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
Tags: SBA , Joseph Jordan , OMB , OFPP , Jeffrey Zients , Dan Gordon ,
Army fills two top acquisition posts
The Army has filled two of its highest acquisition jobs. Heidi Shyu has been appointed principal deputy assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology. Scott Fish is its new chief scientist.
Tags: Army , technology , Scott Fish , Federal Drive , acquisition , DoD Report , hiring , management
