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Washington is making decisions now that could reshape competition and investment across government

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By: Terry Gerton
"We knew a size standard evaluation was coming, but it appears from everything we've gathered that the Hill did not get a lot notice," said Jim Carroll.

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The Capitol is seen under early morning skies in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. The Senate approved legislation to temporarily fund the government late last night, a key step toward averting a federal shutdown after President Donald Trump backed off his demand for money for a border wall with Mexico. The House is expected to vote before Friday's deadline, when funding for a portion of the government expires. Without resolution, more than 800,000 federal workers would face furloughs or be forced to work without pay, disrupting government operations days before Christmas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Pentagon plans fleet of portable SCIFs

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By: Rachel Cohen
The initiative may allow more nontraditional contractors to contribute to national security, collaborate with government teams and compete for classified work.

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FILE - A microphone stands at the entrance to the House SCIF, the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, located three levels beneath the Capitol where witnesses and lawmakers hold closed interviews in the impeachment inquiry on President Donald Trump's efforts to press Ukraine to investigate his political rivals, in Washington, Nov. 15, 2019. When members of Congress want to peruse classified materials, they descend deep into the basement of the Capitol to a sensitive compartmented information facility, known as a SCIF. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
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Money doesn’t build ships. Execution does

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By: commentators
Kelly Bent, president of HumanTouch, explains why visibility into programmatic risks from technology and data can ensure successful outcomes.

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In this April 14, 2016 photo, shipyard worker Anthony Diggs, of Newport News, Va., works on a flight deck light during a tour of the USS Gerald R. Ford at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va. The Navy refers to its newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, as “4.5 acres of sovereign U.S. territory.” (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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The government is changing some key rules that shape the federal contracting marketplace

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By: Terry Gerton
"I can't see a lot of commercial companies agreeing to give all of their cost and pricing data to the government," said Stephanie Kostro.

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A portion of President Donald Trump's first proposed budget, focusing on the Small Business Administration, and released by the Office of Management and Budget, is photographed in Washington, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
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The Ukraine war is forcing militaries to rethink how quickly weapons and countermeasures evolve

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By: Terry Gerton
"From the time in which you field the new weapon, eight weeks later, the Russians and their adversaries are deploying countermeasures," said Chad Steelberg.

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This 2018 photo provided by the Menlo Fire UAS shows a DJI drone with a thermal-imaging camera designed by FLIR Systems in Menlo Park, Calif. Law enforcement officers used heat-seeking drones like this to search for victims of the tornadoes that ravaged a rural corner of Alabama on Sunday, March 3, 2019. (Menlo Fire UAS/Drone Program via AP)
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For years, the defense industrial base was a future problem. Now it’s a production problem.

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By: Terry Gerton
"We want more and larger firms in the defense industrial base so that we have more competition," said David Norquist.

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FILE - U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cody Brown, right, with the 436th Aerial Port Squadron, checks pallets of 155 mm shells ultimately bound for Ukraine, April 29, 2022, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The U.S. is sending another $400 million to Ukraine, pushing needed ammunition and generators to Ukraine from its own stockpiles, which will allow the aid to get to Ukraine faster than if the Pentagon procured the weapons from industry., getting needed heat and additional air defenses to Kyiv as winter sets in. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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Army tests AI to speed up solicitation writing

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By: Rachel Cohen
The tool could help the Army issue solicitations for massive services contracts in days rather than months.

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