Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. The Defense Department is looking to industry for how it might modernize its Global Command and Control System. GCCS is essentially the operational architecture, including hardware, software, standards and applications, which provides situational awareness and worldwide connectivity to all levels of U.S. armed forces command. In […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. Industry and market experts told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Dec. 1 that the Defense Department must be less rigid in its acquisition processes and move toward more nimble commercial practices. Ben FitzGerald, a senior fellow and director of the Technology and National Security Program at the […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. Several House committees want an unclassified report from President Barack Obama on the damage to U.S. spy operations wrought by the historic breach of federal employee background investigations. The U.S. government has committed to spending $330 million on anti-fraud protections for the 21.5 million victims whose Social […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. 11/18/2015 – HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. — A mission planning team here is using the Hanscom MilCloud as a virtual environment in order to improve their acquisition process, including reducing costs, for an upcoming contract award. The System Engineering Integration Contract II, or SEIC II, will have four main […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. The top acquisition officials from the Air Force and Army announced they will step down in coming weeks, becoming the latest top Pentagon leaders to depart as President Obama begins his final year in the White House. William LaPlante, the Air Force acquisition head, announced his departure in […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. The Defense Department’s acquisition chief is targeting the integration of cybersecurity into military acquisition, recently issuing new guidance that revises existing policies and emphasizes information assurance and systems resiliency. The new guidance, issued by Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall, underscores previous efforts […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs / Published November 03, 2015 WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Bending the Cost Curve, one of the 13 Make Every Dollar Count cost initiatives launched by the Air Force, includes a growing and evolving set of more than 20 acquisition reform activities. These […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. The Air Force will be finalizing an agreement with a consortium of companies in the next two weeks in hopes of doling out rapid awards around open architecture systems. The consortium will be part of a new acquisition process that uses an “other transaction agreement” (OTA) […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. The idea of a catastrophic IT security event has captured cyber policy wonks’ imaginations through the term “Cyber Pearl Harbor.” And while some have railed against the term’s use as fear mongering, the Defense Department’s IT lead thinks such an event is not only plausible, but […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. I think we’ve all read our fair share of reports about lessons learned and the challenges and opportunities for governments taking up open source software. Frankly, many of them seem a bit dry, and often repetitive. But one study I recently came across (that has not […]