Federal Hot Take: Acquisition

In this episode of Federal Hot Take, Amber Corrin, editor of Federal Times, and Mike Gruss, editor of C4ISRNET and Fifth Domain, talk about the Department of Defense’s upcoming cloud contracts for 2019. Amber and Mike weigh in on the Pentagon’s soon-to-be-released cloud strategy document, how to think about the Department’s two giant cloud contracts and the nuances of why IT acquisition seems to take so long.

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Federal Hot Take: Acquisition

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When will AUKUS allies receive US export control exemptions?

The State Department just updated Congress on efforts to give AUKUS allies a broad export control exemption but stopped short of a certification to do so.

Biden urged to send ATACMS along with air defense systems to Ukraine

Ukraine is awaiting U.S. Senate approval after the House this weekend approved the $95 billion package that also includes aid for other allies.

Starbucks takes on federal labor agency at US Supreme Court

If the high court sides with Starbucks, it could make it tougher for the agency to step in when it alleges corporate interference in unionization efforts.

Opinion

Power through fiscal year-end budgeting with AI, workflow automation

To execute their second-half blitz, federal managers must pore through mountains of data across thousands of programs.

Jury deliberating in Abu Ghraib case; contractor casts blame on Army

A lawyer for a military contractor being sued by three survivors of the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq says the plaintiffs are suing the wrong people.

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