Acquisition Business News

Small business news articles are highlighted here. A select number of trade publications contain procurement related sections within their electronic newsletters and magazines. These are highly recommended for review by the business community.

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Current News | Past News Articles

Date News Source
August 31, 2012 Government Contractor SAIC to Split into Two Firms Government Executive
August 23, 2012 Does Congress have Time to Change Contingency Contracting? Federal Computer Week
August 6, 2012 GSA says Integrated Acquisition Site is Fixed Federal Computer Week
July 18, 2012 Growth in Federal Contracts called Unsustainable Government Executive
July 13, 2012 How to Make Acquisition Part of the Solution Federal Computer Week
June 28, 2012 Gates Taps Carter to Lead Procurement, Services Efficiency Effort Defense News
June 28, 2012 Procurement Chief Seeks Sharing of Contract Pricing Data Government Executive
June 21, 2012 Pentagon Expansion of Acquisition Staff Hurt by Funding Uncertainties Government Executive
June 8, 2012 Procurement Chief Tells Agencies to Focus on Small Business Set-asides Government Executive
June 6, 2012 OFPP to Release Guidance on Contracting 'Sweet Spot' Federal Computer Week
May 29, 2012 Senate Clears Procurement Chief and Top Defense Acquisition Officer Government Executive
May 29, 2012 DoD Contract Audit Agency Hobbled by Backlog Federal Times
May 24, 2012 Norway Eyes Sub Renewal or Acquisition Program Defense News
May 20, 2012 Dispute Brews Over Changes to Commercial Acquisition Process Defense News
May 20, 2012 Acquisition Lessons from ‘69 Defense News
April 19, 2012 Sole-source Justifications for Small-business Contracts made Permanent Federal Computer Week
April 19, 2012 Agencies Seek to Shed Antiquated Acquisition Model Federal Computer Week
April 11, 2012 DISA Honors Excellence in Acquisition Federal Computer Week
April 4, 2012 NIE Still Leads Way for U.S. Army Technology Acquisition Process Defense News
March 30, 2012 C4ISR Strategic Report Federal Computer Week
March 16, 2012 GSA set to review struggling acquisition systems project Federal Computer Week
March 15, 2012 IRMCO's 50-year run is at an end Federal Computer Week
March 2, 2012 Pentagon seeks to strengthen acquisition workforce Government Executive
February 28, 2012 How to nip those protests in the bud Federal Computer Week
February 24, 2012 Federal contract spending remained flat in 2011 Federal Computer Week
February 17, 2012 Acquisition workforce grew in 2010, new report says Federal Times
February 15, 2012 DOD wants boost to acquisition workforce fund Federal Computer Week
February 8, 2012 Contractors respond warily to Pentagon vow to preserve industrial base Government Executive
January 25, 2012 Obama taps new Defense acquisition chief Government Executive
January 25, 2012 Agencies that miss small-biz goals could face penalties Federal Computer Week
January 25, 2012 Technology on the outs in 2012 Federal Computer Week
January 23, 2012 Interagency tourism council takes its maiden voyage Government Executive
January 20, 2012 IT acquisition: Pay less now, more later Federal Computer Week
November 16, 2011 Acquisition Rules Slowing Down Cloud Procurements, Federal IT Execs Say Federal Computer Week
November 8, 2011 Small Business Optimism Index Remains Extremely Low House Small Business Committee
November 2, 2011 OMB Procurement Chief Leaving Administration Government Executive
October 27, 2011 A new push to rethink the small-biz contracting payoff Federal Computer Week
October 26, 2011 5 Ways to Get that Federal Contract Washington Post
October 19, 2011 Senators, experts to watch for DoD contract reforms Federal Computer Week
October 18, 2011 GSA wins race to the e-mail cloud Government Computer News
October 17, 2011 Senators seek data on DoD contracting with Alaska Native corporations Federal Times
October 6, 2011 Get serious about contractor fraud, GAO tells agencies Washington Technology
September 28, 2011 Money-saving procurement reform in the Big Apple GovPro
September 28, 2011 Procurement shops to become more automated Federal Computer Week
September 23, 2011 Agencies to answer for noncompliance in small biz leadership Federal Times
September 23, 2011 Lawmaker wants to scrap small-business classification system Federal Computer Week
September 22, 2011 Agencies stiffing small-businesses Politico
September 22, 2011 Programmer, procurement staff failings contribute to software attacks Nextgov
September 22, 2011 Senators Hope to Help Small Companies Federal Computer Week
September 13, 2011 Sen. Inhofe says officials too busy to simplify acquisition process Washington Technology