Defense Production Act

FAR, Federal Acquisition Regulation,Contracting

Pentagon wants to be ‘approachable’ for small businesses

Small businesses are entering the defense industrial base at a historically low rate, but the Pentagon wants to turn things around.

Defense

Update on defense-industrial-base crucial sector

Technology

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New DHS supply chain center aims to head off future crises

Open Data/Transparency

AI/ML, Energy, AI artificial intelligence concept Central Computer Processors CPU concept

One big supply chain security issue starting to get more attention

Technology

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Supply chain resiliency: Procurement lessons learned

Commentary

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What the Defense Department ought to do about weak links in its supply chain

Defense

A due to limited supplies sign is shown on the baby formula shelf at a grocery store Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Parents across much of the U.S. are scrambling to find baby formula after a combination of supply disruptions and safety recalls have swept many of the leading brands off store shelves. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Federal agencies’ roles in helping to solve the baby formula shortage

Congress

POTUS places order with radiation-hardened microelectronics companies

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Friday, May 10, 2019 file photo, A container ship is unloaded at the Virginia International Gateway terminal in Norfolk, Va. Defying fears and predictions, the American job market is still shrugging off President Donald Trump’s trade wars. Employers added an impressive 266,000 jobs in November, and unemployment returned to a 50-year low 3.5% _ all at a time when the Trump administration is engaged in a bruising trade war with China while fighting other U.S. trading partners as well. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Ideas for how the government can work with industry to revive U.S. manufacturing

Management

Pentagon eyes allied Defense Production Act expansion to shore up critical supply chains

Defense

DoD calls for whole-of-government effort to improve critical supply chains

Defense

Lawmakers ask FEMA how to avoid future communication breakdowns during disasters

COVID-19 highlighted weaknesses in the federal emergency response chain of command and medical supply lines. But the agency’s acting chief told senators…

Management

President Joe Biden signs executive orders on the economy in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in Washington. Vice President Kamala Harris looks on at left. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

DPA will help Biden lead a more federal-centric response to COVID

The emergency acquisition authority is expected to get heavy use in Biden’s first year as president.

Contracting

FILE - This March 27, 2008, file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. For the second time in 2020, an independent federal review released on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, has faulted the U.S. Department of Defense for how it has responded when children on military bases sexually assault each other. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Pentagon transitioning its COVID-19 acquisition task force to permanent office

Defense

The temporary acquisition task force DoD created in response to COVID-19 will become a permanent assisted acquisition organization.