{"id":26786,"date":"2018-09-07T19:44:33","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T19:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/07\/cyber-commands-acquisition-authority-still-in-its-infancy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:23:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:23:53","slug":"cyber-commands-acquisition-authority-still-in-its-infancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/acquisition\/2018\/09\/07\/cyber-commands-acquisition-authority-still-in-its-infancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Command\u2019s acquisition authority still in its infancy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

U.S. Cyber Command is still in the beginning stages of building out an acquisition capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eight years after its launch and about two years after being granted limited acquisition authority from Congress, the command is still working to demonstrate that its wares and abilities make good use of funds and that it is capable of managing contracts, its acquisition executive said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI will say we are in our infancy from an acquisition perspective. We are putting the foundation of the personnel and the skills,\u201d Stephen Schanberger said Sept. 6 at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit. \u201cWe\u2019re in the beginning stages right now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the fiscal 2016 defense authorization bill, Congress gave Cyber Command limited acquisition authority capped at $75 million with a sunsetting in 2021. Congressional aides have equated this authority to that of Special Operations Command, noting that they wanted to employ a crawl, walk, run mentality to make sure Cyber Command can execute it.<\/p>\n\n\n\t