The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

A decade ago, Congress gave the Defense Department new authorities to use other transaction agreements – procurement vehicles that let the government move more quickly, but also set aside most of the usual rules involved in traditional contracts. Since then, one of the biggest questions has been…when, and under what circumstances, can a losing bidder challenge an OTA? Last week, the Court of Federal Claims issued a decision that may get us a little closer to the answer to some of those questions, ruling against the Navy in a multibillion dollar procurement for unmanned ships. To talk more about why the decision matters for understanding when OTA’s can and can’t be protested, we’re joined now by Zach Prince. He’s a partner at the law firm Hayes Boone.
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The Coast Guard works everywhere from command centers to cutters at sea. Keeping people connected and information moving across all of those environments takes technology that works when and where it's needed. here to share how the Coast Guard is using technology to reduce friction and create more minutes on mission is Lindsay Abbott, chief of the Coast Guard's Technical Readiness Transformation Office.
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Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
We may be on the way to more clarity on when vendors can protest other transaction agreements
The Coast Guard measures success in minutes on mission. New technology investments are aimed at creating more of them
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The Department of the Air Force is laying out a new plan to bring artificial intelligence, or what federal officials now call superintelligence, into 15 different mission areas across the Air Force and Space Force. The blueprint puts senior leaders in charge of identifying where AI can make a difference. It also tackles some of the less glamorous but critical challenges around data management, workforce training and accountability. Federal News Network's Rachel Cohen joins me to explain what the department is trying to accomplish and what it could mean for military operations.
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Changes are coming for users of the Department of Veteran Affairs website, VA.gov. The VA is modernizing how veterans navigate, log in and access VA.gov in a multi-phased approach. The first phase went live November 11. Here to talk more about this first phase is Federal News Network reporter Silvia Oakland.
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