Acquisition
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Guy Timberlake, chief visionary officer of The American Small Business Coalition, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss some of the big issues affecting small business contractors. January 23, 2017
January 15, 2017 -
Roger Waldron, president of the Coalition for Government Procurement, discusses a critical issue driving unnecessary costs and other inefficiencies in the government’s purchase of products, including pharmaceuticals.
January 13, 2017 -
The newest edition of the National Association of Corporate Directors' Cyber-Risk Oversight handbook advises private sector managers and boards of directors to think about cybersecurity at both the front and back ends, and use available government resources.
January 12, 2017 -
Mike Pullen, director of Strategic Operations at CGI, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the current state of communication between government and industry. January 10, 2017
January 12, 2017 -
Army Chief of Staff Mark Milley joined the Army Secretary and the Navy in asking for readiness money before expanding end strength.
January 12, 2017 -
The Navy says it wants any extra funds to go to current ship maintenance before building to Trump's ideal 350 ship fleet.
January 11, 2017 -
Tech savvy college students may have the answers for solving the Pentagon's biggest problems, but they don't how the Defense acquisition regulations work. That can be a problem itself. Chris Taylor is former Defense contractor CEO and adjunct professor of national security studies at Georgetown University, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin about his Hacking for Defense class.
January 11, 2017 -
Kymm McCabe, technology principle with Deloitte Consulting, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the keys to a digital transformation in the federal space. January 3, 2017
January 10, 2017 -
The Pentagon is developing a new web portal to make it easier for firms to let the government know about their independent research & development (IR&D) activities.
January 10, 2017 -
The Air Force is standing up a new, full-time office dedicated to protecting its weapons systems from cyber attacks.
January 10, 2017 -
The Defense Department is already acting on some of the 11 recommendations the Defense Innovation Board approved Jan. 9.
January 09, 2017 -
A fight over the congressional budget in 2018 is expected after President-elect Donald Trump takes office and enacts his campaign promises, says the former president of the Professional Services Council.
January 09, 2017 -
Rather than take steps to freshen up its multi-billion-dollar multiple award schedule program, the General Services Administration seems to be making it more expensive for contractors. That's what Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
January 09, 2017 -
Boeing and Lockheed have both responded to complaints by President-elect Donald Trump over the cost of signature airplane projects. But what does this say about how contracting much less Defense policy will operate under the Trump administration? For some answers, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to Todd Harrison, director of defense budget analytics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
January 09, 2017 -
Multiple industry sources confirmed that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will not to take part in the pilot test that was expected to begin in 2017. That decision comes as GSA’s 18F awards Equifax a contract for identity proofing and fraud detection.
January 09, 2017