WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 2014 – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has proposed cuts in military spending that include further reductions in troop strength and force structure in every military service in the coming year as part of an effort to prioritize U.S. strategic interests in the face of reduced resources after more than a decade of war. Click here for full story

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), through its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, invites small businesses to submit proposals for solutions to technology challenges in the areas of cyber-physical systems, cybersecurity, health care, manufacturing and technology transfer.  CLICK HERE for detail

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon leadership doubled back Monday on its direction for the US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, returning to where things stood at the beginning of the year: End procurement at 32 ships — 20 short of the previously planned goal — and begin work on development of a new small surface combatant.  READ THE STORY

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Looking beyond America's post-9/11 wars, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday proposed shrinking the Army to its smallest size in 74 years, closing bases and reshaping forces to confront a "more volatile, more unpredictable" world with a more nimble military.  READ THE STORY

Pentagon, Congress Begin Rewriting DoD Acquisition Laws - WASHINGTON — The Pentagon and the US Congress have begun the tedious effort of reviewing decades of antiquated, cumbersome defense acquisition policies to speed up the defense procurement process and get more bang for the buck. Unlike previous acquisition improvement projects, which in some cases made the process more complicated, those leading this effort are optimistic because lawmakers and Defense Department officials are tackling this review together. These officials also believe that the decline in US defense spending provides incentives to make the project successful.   CLICK HERE FOR STORY

The Army's latest effort to rapidly deploy new innovations to the battlefield is a new spin on crowdsourcing. The service is testing a new concept that asks soldiers to identify combat equipment challenges, but lets the public help solve them.It's a project of the Rapid Equipping Force (REF), whose mission for the past dozen years has been to quickly deploy small quantities of new gear to solve tough challenges, and to do it within 90-day cycles.  CLICK HERE FOR THE REST OF THE STORY

U.S. DOT's SBIR 14.1 Solicitation is Now Open -The solicitation is open February 4, 2014, through April 4, 2014.  CLICK HERE for access to information and documents.

The new direction of GSA schedules - CLICK HERE for broadcast

Army to push for new BRAC round in 2017  - Katherine Hammack, assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy and environment, and other Army officials will make the case for a new round of base realignment and closures in line with the administration’s goals to create a more efficient Defense Department at the Association of Defense Communities Installation Innovation Forum Feb. 10.  CLICK HERE FOR STORY

Commissaries won't close, but prices may increase - Pentagon proposals to reportedly slice $1 billion from the annual commissary budget may not hinge on closing stores, but on raising prices for patrons, sources said. But commissary advocates say that still could ultimately signal the death knell for commissaries.  CLICK HERE FOR THE STORY

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GSA issues RFP for office supplies contract -  CLICK HERE for detail

Explaining the Senate Plan to Kill the Small Business Administration  CLICK HERE for article