Under the defense authorization bill approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Pentagon would create a new cost accounting standards board.
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Marjorie Censer was Inside Defense's editor until July 2021. She previously worked at the Washington Post and its local business publication Capital Business, covering defense industry reshaping, the increased scrutiny of contractors following the Edward Snowden case and the challenges of canceling military programs. From 2007 to 2010, she was managing editor of Inside the Army. She also previously worked as defense editor at POLITICO and as a staff writer at the Carroll County Times and the Princeton Packet. A Fairfax native, she graduated from Princeton University.
Under the defense authorization bill approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Pentagon would create a new cost accounting standards board.
The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved a provision it says would incentivize non-traditional contractors to perform independent research for the Pentagon.
CSRA said this week it lost nearly $72 million in its most recent quarter, compared to a $57.7 million profit in the same three-month period a year earlier.
Contractors are focused on diversifying and bracing for cybersecurity threats, according to Deltek's new seventh annual Clarity study, a report on the government contracting industry.
Capitol Hill and the Pentagon are flush with ideas for fixing the bid protest process, arguing that new policies would shrink the number of protests and improve a contracting culture in which government buyers are trying to "protest-proof" their solicitations and awards.
SOS International said today David Shedd, the former deputy director and acting director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, has joined its board of advisors.
The defense policy bill approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee calls on the defense secretary to revise the Pentagon's new instruction on services acquisition.
AT&T said today that Anthony Robbins, formerly the head of Brocade's federal business, has been named president of public sector solutions-global defense at AT&T Business Solutions.
The defense policy bill approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee would not allow bid protests for task and delivery orders if the military names an “ombudsman” to review complaints.
KBR, the engineering and construction company, said Monday it has agreed to acquire Wyle, which provides engineering and professional services to the Pentagon and other federal agencies.
In a new white paper, consulting firm Avascent warns that Western defense suppliers "will face increased competition in international markets historically considered to be the near exclusive preserve of American and European firms."
The controversial lowest-priced, technically acceptable contracting approach is set to receive more scrutiny if policy bills moving through Congress are approved.
Bell Helicopter said today it plans to rearrange some of its work to "optimize manufacturing capabilities."
Following the release of a Pentagon instruction on services acquisition, Defense Acquisition University is "finalizing development" of a new, web-based, distance learning course on defense acquisition of services, according to a blog post.
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In Booz Allen Hamilton’s fiscal year 2016, which ended March 31, the company saw sales rise nearly 3 percent from the prior year to hit $5.4 billion.
In a rare public conversation, General Dynamics chief executive Phebe Novakovic on Wednesday predicted that defense spending will increase because of continued dangers around the world.
The head of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency on Tuesday downplayed reported delays in the foreign military sales process -- but said the agency is working toward improved speed and transparency.
L-3 Communications said this week it plans to close its 314-employee electron devices facility in San Carlos, CA, in late 2017. The contractor will transition its manufacturing operations to North Central Pennsylvania and Los Angeles.
The House Appropriations defense subcommittee is seeking more details about planned changes to the federal background investigations process, according to its report accompanying the fiscal year 2017 spending bill.