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AI contracts have special licensing needs to prevent bias, encourage transparency

Data requirements to ensure lack of bias in AI and transparency and how it works are not part of the standard license agreements.

Artificial Intelligence

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OTAs and beyond: Scaling innovation in Defense contracting

Commentary

DoD awards nearly $2B to build first satellite-based ‘backbone’ of JADC2

Space Operations

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Amid explosion in DoD’s use of OTAs, myths abound about how and whether to use them

On DoD

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DoD spending data tells us how serious the Pentagon is about a shift to great power competition

Defense

Rise in OTAs for federal contracting brings mixed blessings

Acquisition

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2021, file image from video, Jeff Zients, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to the president., Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, chair of the COVID-19 health equity task force, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Andy Slavitt, senior adviser to the White House COVID-19 Response Team,, appear on screen during a White House briefing on the Biden administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington. (White House via AP, File)

GAO: Agencies could’ve been more transparent in pandemic response OTA’s

Federal Newscast

DIU rethinking cyber endpoint protections through advanced deception tools

Ask the CIO

Pentagon has huge blind spots in its spending on OTAs

On DoD

DoD’s JAIC rolling out new contracts to speed up AI acquisition

Artificial Intelligence

DISA’s first-ever production OTA eliminated $300M in future costs

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., delivers her opening statement during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on unsustainable drug prices on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

Congresswoman wants to make sure Trump administration preserves records

In today’s Federal Newscast, House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) wants to make sure President Trump doesn’t dispose…

Federal Newscast

Defense Innovation Unit out to prove AI, automation can keep up with the speed of cyber

Jeff Kleck, the director of the cyber portfolio for the Defense Innovation Unit at the Defense Department, said the organization and the Air Force are…

Ask the CIO

Pentagon R&D spending still lags behind an otherwise healthy Defense budget

Defense

Recent upticks in Defense spending have meant a larger portion of the budget pie goes to contractors. But R&D contracts still haven’t recovered from sequestration-era cuts.