- 2007 mega directory.
July 2007 30-August 2 Naval S&T Industry Partnership Conference Washington, DC POC Kim Williams @ (703) 247-2578 Exhibits: Alden Davidson@ (703) 247-2582 Highlights will include: * Remarks from the senior leadership of the Department of the Navy, the Office of Naval Research, and the Naval Research Enterprise * Partnership ......
- Acquisition workforce nears crisis point.
(President's Perspective).
In the words of Vice Adm. Joe Dyer, "We are dealing with a crisis." Dyer, chief of the Naval Air Systems Command, was alluding to a crisis that stems from the alarming demographics in today's defense acquisition community. At Navair, for example, workers average 48 years of age. The upshot, ......
- Sarnoff Names Dr. Don Newsome, Rear Admiral, USN (Ret.) as President and Chief Executive Officer.
Brings to Sarnoff Proven Success and Leadership in Both Commercial and Government Sectors PRINCETON, N.J. -- Sarnoff Corporation today announced that Dr. Don Newsome, Rear Admiral, USN (Ret.) will be joining the company as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective May 10, 2007. An experienced leader with an extraordinary list ......
- U.S. NAVY AWARDS AMS CONTRACT TO ROLL OUT EBUSINESS
PILOT PROJECT.
American Management Systems (Nasdaq: AMSY), an international business and information technology consulting firm, announced recently that the Secretary of the U.S. Navy has awarded a contract to AMS in support of one of the Navy's eBusiness pilot projects. Under the agreement, AMS will integrate its Automated Data Capture System (ADCS) ......
- A-12 termination sets harmful precedent for defense
programs. (Viewpoint).
After more than a decade of litigation, the Department of Defense continues to seek vindication for its inappropriate use of a fixed-price contract and its faulty management of the $5 billion A-12 stealth aircraft research and development (R&D) project. In 1991, the Pentagon terminated for default its contract with General ......
- Keeping Up With Procurement
HEADNOTE VIEWPOINT HEADNOTE By any count, government has too few acquisition pros. By now, it should be obvious that the federal government lacks a sufficient acquisition workforce to obtain the best value for the money it spends on goods and services. One clear sign came in early 2005, when the ......
- It's Time to Engage
Every 10 years or so, the federal procurement system undergoes a series of sweeping changes designed to remedy perceived weaknesses in the system. The last major reformation, enacted in the mid- to late-1990s with the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (1994) and the Glinger-Gohen Act (1996), among other legislated and regulated ......