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