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Early morning in the United States capital of Washington, D.C., with the sun rising behind the Washington Monument, creating a silhouette with the U.S. Capitol Building and Library of Congress. (Getty Images)

The U.S. government needs access to commercial technologies to drive innovation

In an exclusive op-ed, David Vorland announced the launch of The Alliance for Commercial Technology in Government to ensure that the United States leverages commercial technologies to…
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Airman 1st Class Aws Hussein, 66th Comptroller Squadron financial management technician, works the finance customer service desk on Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, Oct. 10. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lauren Russell)

SAIC survives protest to hold onto $727M Air Force cloud contract

SAIC can start serving the Cloud One program now that the GAO denied a protest from incumbent Leidos.
A U.S. Soldier of 4th Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), communicates over the radio during Saber Junction 18 at the U.S. Army’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 23 , 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Dhy’Nysha Shaw)

DISA official: Pentagon’s $8B DEOS must be truly commercial, ‘non-developmental’

Brian Hermann doesn't want the DEOS contract to be weighed down by extensive technical requirements and calls for customization and development.
Jeff Bezos, Amazon chief executive officer, speaks with retired Gen. Larry Spencer, Air Force Association president, during AFA’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md., Sept. 19, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr.)

Jeff Bezos pushes government to buy commercial for ‘auto-magic’ benefits

When agencies buy commercial capabilities, Bezos said, they "keep improving kind of ‘auto-magically’ without any effort."
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