The most expansive explosion of innovative activity in federal acquisition in a quarter century is now underway. The surge is being driven, in part, by accelerating information technology innovation and disruptive business models in the consumer and business services sectors of the economy. Keeping up requires new approaches that seek to take full advantage of the new capabilities and opportunities while mitigating technical and business risks by making sound acquisition decisions that realize the intended behavior in the regulations. Initiatives currently underway include nearly all major buying organizations.
The theme of this year's Acquisition Excellence Conference was Acquisition Innovation Avalanche.
Acquisition innovation and technological innovation are two sides of a single coin – with each playing a role in the other. Diffusion of successful innovations in acquisition enable faster and better outcomes for missions across the government.
Attendees were eligible to receive 0.6 CEUs for this event and/or 6 CLPs
In case you missed the event, here's some media coverage of the event:
- DoD Restructures its Acquisition, Technology, Logistics Organization
- DoD News
- Terri Moon Cronk, March 29, 2018
- How GSA turned an automation project into a acquisition time-saver
- Federal News Radio
- Jory Heckman, March 29, 2018
- How To Overcome The 3 Most Common Barriers To Innovation In Government Acquisition
- GovLoop
- Catherine Andrews, March 27, 2018
- CDM program finalizing shared services platform for smaller agencies
- FedScoop
- Carten Cordell, March 28, 2018
- 3 ways Emily Murphy’s GSA is looking to innovate acquisition
- FedScoop
- Carten Cordell, March 28, 2018
- Emily Murphy: GSA Eyes Procurement Innovation Through Shared Services, E-Commerce Portal
- ExecutiveGov
- Jane Edwards, March 29, 2018
Video: Keynote Presentation, The Honorable Emily Murphy, Administrator, General Services Administration
Video: Keynote Presentation, The Honorable James Geurts, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development,
and Acquisition, United States Department of the Navy
Video: Keynote Presentation, Ben FitzGerald, Director, Office of Strategy and Design, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense
ACT-IAC events are intended to provide an objective and vendor-neutral collaborative environment where government and industry can work together on issues of mutual interest and forge relationships based on trust. Attendees are requested to avoid using this forum for business development purposes.
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