Acquisition
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If you know anything at all about the False Claim Act, it can be expensive, even if you didn't intend to overcharge the government. Now the potential fines and penalties have doubled, thanks to a new rule from the Justice Department. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin all about it.
July 11, 2016 -
Northrop Grumman filed its second protest over the Homeland Security Department’s decision to award Raytheon the DOMino contract.
July 11, 2016 -
A new Office of Federal Procurement Policy memo and proposed rule by the FAR Council are part of the administration’s ongoing efforts to change the way agencies buy products and services.
July 11, 2016 -
Federal contracting and business experts say more communication as well as a retrained and rebuilt acquisition workforce is needed to ensure government is getting the best deal on purchases.
July 08, 2016 -
Former DoD officials told the House Armed Services Committee that most of the Senate's reforms to the Pentagon are a good idea.
July 07, 2016 -
The United States is hiring contractors to maintain aircraft in Afghanistan to keep the number of deployed troops lower.
July 06, 2016 -
Lawmakers and agency heads are looking at ways the General Services Administration can better manage and maintain federal properties and offices.
July 06, 2016 -
Chuck Sackley, a senior vice president, North America industry sales verticals at Unify, makes the case that technologies such as cloud and VOIP is making it easier to update agency networks.
July 05, 2016 -
A Supreme Court ruling says that when a company submits an invoice to the government, it says a lot more than simply goods or services were delivered. It implies a lot of promises that can get them in trouble. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, shares more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin
July 05, 2016 -
The Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee’s annual report showed fewer suspensions and debarments, and an increased use of “show cause” letters to solve potential problems.
July 04, 2016 -
Eric Ferraro, who has been the assistant commissioner for GSA’s Integrated Award Environment (IAE) since July 2015, has stepped down, and Terry Milholland, the IRS CIO and CTO, left after eight years when his term under a special hiring authority expired.
July 04, 2016 -
Carl Dickson, founder of CapturePlanning.com and PropLIBRARY, joins host Mark Amtower to discuss the state of business development, capture and bidding/proposals in the federal government. July 11, 2016
July 02, 2016 -
Cameron Leuthy and Dan Snyder from Bloomberg Government join host Roger Waldron to discuss the state of the federal procurement market. July 5, 2016
July 01, 2016 -
Veteran-owned, small businesses got a boost from the Supreme Court recently. Its ruling on an obscure procurement by the VA opened up more set-asides. Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of the law firm Petrillo and Powell joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to explain the case.
June 30, 2016 -
Hundred of thousands of federal employees work in space the government does not own. Leased space is a big ticket item for the government. Now the General Services Administration is rolling out a web application to help make leasing a little easier. John Thomas, of GSA's policy and program execution division, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the Automated Advanced Acquisition Program.
June 30, 2016