Tag: FAR

Pfc. Ian Alvarado, 725th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, watches as a Boeing CH-47 Chinook leaves the flightline after delivering gear, vehicles, and heavy equipment in support of Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 25-02, Jan. 23, 2025, at Allen Army Airfield, Fort Greely, Alaska. The soldiers of the 11th Airborne Division are engaged in rigorous training at JPMRC 25-02 to enhance their lethality and readiness for large-scale combat operations in an Arctic environment. Our ability to dominate in this challenging terrain is critical to our mission success.

Behind The Frontlines Policy & Planning

January 15, 2026

Overhaul of the Federal Acquisition Regulation and its Impact to Army Acquisition

This order aims to improve how government agencies purchase products and services by mandating an…

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Army ALT Magazine Policy & Planning

July 10, 2025

THE RIGHT BALANCE

INSIDE INFORMATION CMOSS cards are embedded with networked capabilities like positioning, navigation and timing, mission…

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Army ALT Magazine Science & Technology

December 22, 2022

HOW (NOT) TO CONTRACT SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

LESSONS LEARNED: Hacking and other malicious threats lurk online, stressing the importance of exceptional products…

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Army ALT Magazine Science & Technology

December 1, 2022

BLUEPRINT FOR INNOVATION

After setting up an innovation hub at CISA, Sabra Horne wrote a how-to…

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Army ALT Magazine

March 11, 2021

ON CONTRACTING: COMPETITION IN COOPERATION

TRADE AGREEMENT: Airmen from the 436th Aerial Port Squadron at Dover Air Force…

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Army ALT Magazine

December 3, 2020

ON CONTRACTING: THE FALLACY OF COMPROMISE

LOCK AND KEY: All Army employees, military and civilian, are charged with protecting classified information.…

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Army ALT Magazine

September 2, 2020

ON CONTRACTING: NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT

THE KLEENEX PARADOX: Do you really need a Kleenex for your allergies, or can you…

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Army ALT Magazine

July 13, 2020

THE NOTICE I NEVER KNEW

MAZE OF DEFINITIONS: Knowing the definitions of terms in the FAR is essential. In April…

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Faces of the Force

March 31, 2020

Getting the Whole Story

Remo Dela Cruz TITLE: Contracting officer COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: 413th Contracting Support Brigade, Army Contracting Command…

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Army ALT Magazine

December 16, 2019

The contracting pendulum

The contracting pendulum has swung from complex to streamlined contracts to provide efficient and rapid…

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Army ALT Magazine

September 23, 2019

Sometimes Software Doesn’t Fit

Software acquisition doesn't really fit with the Federal Acquisition Regulation. What is it—a product or…

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FAR

Overhaul of the Federal Acquisition Regulation and its Impact to Army Acquisition

THE RIGHT BALANCE

HOW (NOT) TO CONTRACT SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

BLUEPRINT FOR INNOVATION

ON CONTRACTING: COMPETITION IN COOPERATION

ON CONTRACTING: THE FALLACY OF COMPROMISE

ON CONTRACTING: NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT

THE NOTICE I NEVER KNEW

Getting the Whole Story

The contracting pendulum

Sometimes Software Doesn’t Fit

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