Acquisition
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This week on Off the Shelf, Jack Midgley, director in Deloitte Consulting LLP’s defense consulting practice, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss the Internet of Things (IOT) Vulnerability Index and its economic, cybersecurity and defense implications across the globe. November 22, 2016
December 01, 2016 -
Companies often challenge contract awards when the people being proposed by the winner don't meet the qualifications the agency set forth in the first place. That's what happened with one services contractor. Procurement attorney Joe Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the agency's response made things even more drawn out.
December 01, 2016 -
Outsourcing could make a big comeback under the Trump administration. But would it be a good idea? Not in the opinion of Donald Cohen, the founder and executive director of California think tank In the Public Interest. It looked at several privatization efforts at the state and local level, from Iowa Medicaid to school district bus services and found they worsen inequality. Cohen shares more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
November 30, 2016 -
Congress is doing away with Frank Kendall's position and is authorizing more troops for the services.
November 29, 2016 -
Under a $2 million contract, Synack Government will use ethical hackers for penetration testing of IRS cybersecurity systems.
November 28, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management is behind on its background security checks and retirement claims processing for fiscal 2016. In the agency's financial report, OPM acting Director Beth Cobert pledges a continued effort to make up the difference through a variety of efforts like new contracts and using electronic records.
November 28, 2016 -
On this edition of Columbia Technology Partners Ready to Prime, Allen Scott sits down with Nischit Vaidya, president of Argotis, Inc.
November 28, 2016 -
All the signs are pointing to a continuing resolution lasting until March 31. That's half of fiscal 2017. So maybe contractors should consider reworking their plans so they have a half-fiscal-year strategy to start April 1. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with one view of what that might look like.
November 28, 2016 -
It may not seem like it given the campaign rhetoric, but Customs and Border Protection does patrol the nation's border with Mexico. One program to support that is called Land Border Integration. CBP awarded a contract to Unisys to update the technology for identifying people and vehicles coming to and leaving the U.S. Amy Rall, group vice president for the homeland security practice at Unisys, shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
November 28, 2016 -
The Defense Department has cited lower health care costs as one of the benefits of the $58 billion in contract awards it issued in July to manage its TRICARE health care system. But in at least one of the two contracts, price wasn’t the driving factor.
November 28, 2016 -
What are the issues facing small contractors when it comes to marketing and business development? Find out this week when BD professionals Kevin Young and Jim Carroll join host Mark Amtower on Amtower Off Center. November 28, 2016
November 25, 2016 -
The Defense Department's $38.5 billion IT budget in the fiscal 2017 requests is being driven by three major trends contractors should be aware of: cybersecurity, cloud and analytics.
November 24, 2016 -
Even though there's a big and mysterious transition about to take place, and Congress is nowhere near a final budget for 2017, the day-to-day business has to go on somehow. David Berteau, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, shares the latest on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
November 23, 2016 -
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, Lohfeld Consulting's Lisa Pafe and Washington Technology's Nick Wakeman join host Mark Amtower for a wide ranging discussion of what contractors are facing during the transition to a new administration. November 21, 2016
November 21, 2016 -
If all goes according to plan, the Defense Department is a few weeks away from releasing new guidance on how it buys and builds business IT systems.
November 21, 2016