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    "title" : "New Tools to Help You Innovate Within the FAR |Digital.gov",
    "description": "New Tools to Help You Innovate Within the FAR",
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    {"title" :"New Tools to Help You Innovate Within the FAR","summary" : "Outdated development practices and narrow interpretations of acquisition regulations have prevented the federal government from taking advantage of technologies that can help agencies deliver better digital services to the public. OMB is developing new tools to help you take advantage of existing procurement authorities in the FAR, or the Federal Acquisition Regulation, the nearly 2,000","date" : "2014-09-19T10:00:38-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"andreanocesigritz" : "Andrea Sigritz"},"topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/09/2014-09-19-new-tools-to-help-you-innovate-within-the-far.md","slug" : "new-tools-to-help-you-innovate-within-the-far","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/09/19/new-tools-to-help-you-innovate-within-the-far/","content" :"\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/09/600-x-416-Lightbulbs-on-yellow-Galina-Peshkova-iStock-Thinkstock-164168192.jpg\"\n    alt=\"A lit, modern, compact fluorescent (C F L) light bulb, surrounded by unlit, old-fashioned incandescent bulbs.\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eOutdated development practices and narrow interpretations of acquisition regulations have prevented the federal government from taking advantage of technologies that can help agencies deliver better digital services to the public.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOMB is developing new tools to help you take advantage of existing procurement authorities in the FAR, or the Federal Acquisition Regulation, the nearly 2,000 page bible that guides federal purchasing, including:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://playbook.cio.gov/techfar/\"\u003eTechFAR Handbook\u003c/a\u003e (highlights flexibilities in the FAR)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/innovative_contracting_case_studies_2014_-_august.pdf\"\u003eInnovative Contract Case Studies\u003c/a\u003e (describes how agencies are getting more innovation per tax dollar, under existing laws and regs)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTake a look at these tools and share them with your contracting officers.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can also get involved by providing feedback, sharing experiences and strategies that can help the federal marketplace evolve:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJoin the \u003ca href=\"https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/procurement-innovation\"\u003epublic discussion forum\u003c/a\u003e on innovative government procurement practices\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSign-up for the feds-only \u003ca href=\"https://listserv.gsa.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?SUBED1=BUYERS-CLUB\u0026amp;A=1\"\u003e“Buyers Club” email group\u003c/a\u003e (designed to troubleshoot and share best practices for everyone from contracting officers and program managers)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n"}
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