Congress and federal agencies are actively reexamining the bid protest process at the Department of Defense where billions of dollars in procurements are at stake.

For years, the Department of Defense has said it wants to buy more like the commercial market. The FY2026 NDAA puts real weight behind that promise.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ...

The defense acquisition system has been in a near-constant state of reform for the past several decades. This observation is not novel; the author wrote about it back in 2019. Since then, both ...

In August 2024, The Department of Defense (DoD) released a proposed amendment to the Defense Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS) – which provides acquisition policies and procedures for the DoD ...

DISA’s contracting officers must use at least one acquisition accelerator, like oral proposals, for 40% of all task or delivery orders by March.

Multiyear procurement (MYP) and block buy contracting (BBC) are special contracting mechanisms that Congress permits the Department of Defense (DOD) to use for a limited number of defense acquisition ...

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program is a fundamental shift in how the Department of Defense approaches supply chain security. Once the 48 CFR rule of the Defense Federal Acquisition ...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (WHNT) — Alabama agencies for the week of August 11-15 are set to be working locations or the contracting activities for 12 Department of Defense contracts. Each day of the work ...

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