Summary: Join us every Friday, when the VAO Daily Acquisition News team breaks down the top headlines and trends in federal acquisition. Headlines covered in this week's podcast:<ul> <li>Administration encourages agencies to consider ecosystem services in planning, decision making</li> <li>GSA adds categories to Acquisition Gateway</li> <li>18F preparing to launch cloud PaaS option</li> <li>Education secretary announces departure</li> <li>DHS launching digital services team</li> <li>CIA initiates directorate to provide technological enhancements to missions</li> <li>ACT-IAC releases model for assessing progress on FITARA implementation</li> <li>DoD awards $4 billion contract for F-15 threat detection upgrade</li> <li>DPAP deviation allows offerors time to implement multifactor authentication</li> <li>Proposed rule would allow credit for small business subcontracting at any tier</li> <li>Proposed rules address design-build contracts, SAT for humanitarian operations</li> <li>Sound business cases key to better acquisition outcomes, GAO official testifies</li> <li>Budget pressures can drive program costs higher, DoD review suggests</li> <li>Budget uncertainty driving up costs, defense officials say</li> </ul>
