Summary: Like a panda cub's mother, Congress lavishes a lot of attention each year fashioning its bills to authorize the Defense Department. The House and Senate vote on their conference version for 2018 this week. For people buying and using information technology, it's got lots to say about procurement and bid protests. Eric Crucius, senior counsel at the law firm Holland and Knight, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with some things you need to know about.
