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>DoD preparing guidance on services contracting</li> <li>GSA launches new market research platform</li> <li>GAO identifies project management shortfalls in Farm Service Agency IT program</li> <li>VA OIG determines appropriations were "parked" at GPO</li> <li>DOT OIG recommends steps to improve cloud services acquisitions</li> <li>DOE announces BPA for print management services</li> <li>DOE provides guidance on use of STRIPES</li> <li>IRS needs stronger controls to prevent awards to companies with unpaid tax debt, TIGTA finds</li> <li>Senate confirms TSA administrator</li> <li>Air Force testing open architecture acquisition model</li> <li>DFARS final rules address acquisition thresholds, legal costs in whistleblower cases</li> <li>House hearing addresses concerns about GSA's transactional data collection plan</li> </ul>
