Japan-based Marine supply unit wins Defense Department innovation award

Acquisition

USDA awards $17M IT management contract

InquisIT LLC was awarded a five-year, firm fixed-price contract to provide IT management support to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
FAS aims to refresh Multiple Award Schedules in April

The agency is applying recent rules changes to its largest buying program next month.
GAO: Defense contracting down, civilian agencies steady over 5 years

A Government Accountability Office analysis of governmentwide contracting data looked at the trends in federal agency discretionary spending between the years 2011 and 2015.
HHS contractor to settle self-reported False Claims allegations

A National Institutes of Health contractor has agreed to pay the U.S. government $1.8 million after self-disclosing improper billing of labor and associated costs related to laboratory animal goods and services.