Join us every Friday, when the VAO Daily Acquisition News team breaks down the top headlines and trends in federal acquisition. Headlines covered in this week's podcast:
- Administration encourages agencies to consider ecosystem services in planning, decision making
- GSA adds categories to Acquisition Gateway
- 18F preparing to launch cloud PaaS option
- Education secretary announces departure
- DHS launching digital services team
- CIA initiates directorate to provide technological enhancements to missions
- ACT-IAC releases model for assessing progress on FITARA implementation
- DoD awards $4 billion contract for F-15 threat detection upgrade
- DPAP deviation allows offerors time to implement multifactor authentication
- Proposed rule would allow credit for small business subcontracting at any tier
- Proposed rules address design-build contracts, SAT for humanitarian operations
- Sound business cases key to better acquisition outcomes, GAO official testifies
- Budget pressures can drive program costs higher, DoD review suggests
- Budget uncertainty driving up costs, defense officials say