On today’s episode of The Daily Scoop Podcast, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency plans to revise its Zero Trust Maturity Model.

The General Services Administration has a final small business acquisition strategy for its Services Multi-Agency Contract (MAC). Angela Styles, partner at Akin Gump and former administrator of Federal Procurement Policy, explains the impact this will have on small businesses working with the government.

The federal IT dashboard is getting a makeover. One reason is the availability of more data about federal IT and getting that data faster than ever. Nima Negahban, chief executive officer of Kinetica, describes the tools agencies are using to quickly parse through troves of data. This interview is underwritten by Kinetica in collaboration with Amazon Web Services. 

21 federal agencies have clean audit opinions for fiscal year 2021, but the Government Accountability Office’s review of financial statements for the year finds some of the same problems that keep popping up. GAO’s Director of Financial Management and Assurance Issues Dawn Simpson discusses the improvements agencies have made and the problems that still persist for some.

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GAO’s FY21 financial management review; Services MAC and small businesses; Analyzing the data deluge

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In this special episode of the Acquisition Talk podcast, we listen into an event hosted by that explores how defense programs can harness modern development practices. Center for Government Contracting executive director Jerry McGinn moderates a panel with DIU director Michael Brown, head of strategy at Anduril Industries Zachary Mears, and Deputy PEO for Ground Combat Systems James Schirmer. They discuss ideas brought up in the Acquisition NEXT report recently released by Mason GovCon including adaptive requirements, continuous market research, and modular open systems.

Watch the video here: https://coursemedia.gmu.edu/media/Acquisition+NextA+Opening+Programs+Up+to+Modularity+and+Iteration/1_8ky6faoq

In the episode, Jim Schirmer describes how in the new optionally-manned fighting vehicle, the Army is trying to control the architecture and define the key interfaces. This would allow companies to keep the intellectual property to their black boxes inside the interface boundaries while releasing government from the vendor lock of being beholden to the prime for all upgrades. "For us, this is this is new territory, so it's way too soon to know."

Zach Mears from the new defense entrant Anduril described the barriers to entry associated with long sales cycles and continuing resolutions, issues that rarely plagues commercial business. This can be a lot for companies to tolerate, especially if it is low profitability and only represents a few percent of their revenue. He argues the government needs to award and incentivize companies based on value rather than reducing everything to a labor hours. By doing so, government ignores issues of employee skill and use of modern software techniques. This focus on value is easier when evaluating functional prototypes rather than paper plans. At Anduril, Zach said, "We believe that risk to delivery as well as the risk to return on capital investment on capability should rest with industry."

Mike Brown argued that 11 out of 14 of the defense modernization priorities are led by commercial firms, meaning DoD must have a "fast follower" strategy for adopting and integrating commercial tech. In this world, "You don't need to start with requirements, the commercial market has already built it." Usually defense official think the longer they criticize paper designs they will get to the right answer. However, this reliance on prediction indicates hubris. The alternative is an iterative approach, akin to how aircraft in the 1950s, can help align DoD with commercial processes.

This podcast was produced by Eric Lofgren. You can follow me on Twitter @AcqTalk and find more information at https://AcquisitionTalk.com.

Event: Opening programs to modularity and iteration -- Acquisition NEXT

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Have you ever considered bringing in skilled workers from abroad? 

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A surprising fact here in Canada is that our current demographic modeling shows that by early 2030, our population growth will grind to a halt and large-scale immigration is likely the only way to fix that problem. Therefore, bringing in foreign help is quickly becoming NOT optional, and this applies to individual businesses and the economy as a whole. 

 If done correctly, recruiting and integrating foreign workers into your business and community is a win/win. And it's something that you, the evolving contractor, need to have on your radar. 

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On today’s episode of The Daily Scoop Podcast, the Department of Labor is working through over 200 pitches to its innovation incubator program.

The new U.S. Digital Corps fellows will begin their assignments at 13 agencies later this June. Karen Britton, vice president of communications and marketing and chief digital officer at LMI and former White House chief information officer, discusses how agencies can best leverage the impact of these fellows.

The executive director of the Technology Modernization Fund says the TMF Board will award all the money in the fund by the end of the fiscal year. Irving Dennis, former chief financial officer at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, explains a CFO’s role in developing proposals for things like the TMF. 

Federal agencies may be taking more risk in contracting than they need to. Tim DiNapoli, managing director for contracting and national security acquisition issues at the Government Accountability Office, breaks down GAO’s findings from a recent report on time-and-material contracts and how agencies can use contracts more cost-effectively.  

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Putting together a TMF proposal; Using T&M contracts better ; Leveraging impact of digital fellows

I was pleased to have Amanda Bresler and Alex Bresler back on the podcast to discuss their newest Naval Postgraduate School symposium paper on the composition of small businesses in the defense industry. Amanda is the Chief Strategy Officer at PW Communications, and Alex is the Chief Data Officer.

They found that small business funding grew 68 percent between 2015 to 2021, but at the same time the total number of small businesses shrank 23 percent. That can only mean the small business players are, on average, getting bigger. Indeed, the number of small businesses receiving more than $100 million per year in defense prime contracts grew three-fold over those six years (from 26 to 84). By comparison, the number of small businesses with less than $1 million fell 32 percent (from 34,205 to 23,337).

This podcast was produced by Eric Lofgren. You can follow me on Twitter @AcqTalk and find more information at https://AcquisitionTalk.com

Problem areas in small business set-asides with Amanda & Alex Bresler

If there’s one thing our guest cares the most about, it’s family. As a father of eight, we welcome Robert Brucksch of Brucksch and Sons Contracting to the show this week. He’s been in the construction industry since he was 18 and loves designing and building all types of spaces. His company specializes in home additions, kitchen remodeling, and bathroom remodeling. Robert has been in the industry for over 10 years, understands business ownership struggles, and is here to share his journey and advice with you guys. Start listening to Robert’s story now!

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On today’s episode of The Daily Scoop Podcast, six government agencies have established a research consortium to link quantum computers.

Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Information Technology Category at the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service Laura Stanton discusses the third round of awards for STARS III, the market research phase of Alliant 3 and what’s next for the paused Polaris solicitation.

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GSA Federal Acquisition Service’s Laura Stanton on STARS III, Alliant 3 and Polaris

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