{
  "id": 13329,
  "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/acquisition/2026/07/acquisition-overhaul-providing-needed-discretion-tech-adoption-procurement-chief-says/414980",
  "title": "Acquisition overhaul is providing needed ‘discretion’ for tech adoption, procurement chief says",
  "summary": "“If it's not in the FAR, and it doesn't tell you you can't do it, then you should consider it,” Office of Federal Procurement Policy Administrator Kevin Rhodes said.",
  "authors": "Edward Graham",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "regulation",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-23T20:35:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-25T05:10:48.796Z",
  "source_slug": "x-nextgov-fcw",
  "source_name": "NextGov/FCW",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.nextgov.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13329",
  "original_url": "https://www.nextgov.com/acquisition/2026/07/acquisition-overhaul-providing-needed-discretion-tech-adoption-procurement-chief-says/414980",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}