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Does category management push against small business?

January 24, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

The government’s going to move in the direction it wants regardless of industry feedback… The objective of category management is to get better pricing. By […]

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DCMA has about 65,000 backlogged contracts

July 5, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

DCMA serves as the ACO [administrative contracting officer] with responsibility for more than 20,000 contractors and more than $223 billion in unliquidated obligations.   In […]

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January 20, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

U.S. Air Force installed first 3D printed part on an operational F-22. “No LCS deployed in 2018… No module exists yet in a useful, effective […]

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