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Acquisition
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GSA may have to give as many as 20 agencies an extra nine months to transition to the five-year-old telecommunications contract. The agency says 96 percent of all transitions are done or in progress. GSA is developing a strategy for the next generation of telecommunications services.
March 07, 2012 -
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Tony Trenkle, chief information officer and director of the Office of Information Services at the Centers for Medicar and Medicaid Services talks about the IT challenges at his agency. March 6, 2012
March 06, 2012 -
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Deltek Chief Knowledge Officer Ray Bjorklund discusses how contractors will be affected by the new federal budget. March 6, 2012
March 06, 2012 -
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Dave McClure, the associate administrator in the OCSIT, and Kathy Conrad, the principal deputy associate administrator joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the work the office does and the progress on cloud-computing security standards in particular.
March 06, 2012 -
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A new bill to reform wartime contracting, which incorporates many of the recommendations made by a panel that studied the issue for four years, has garnered a mixed response. Charles Tiefer, a professor of government contracting law at the University of Baltimore Law School who served on the contracting panel, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the bill.
March 05, 2012 -
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Two senators are trying to change the way agencies plan for wartime contracting by introducing a bill that would incorporate ideas from the Commission on Wartime Contracting. Commission member Dov Zakheim weighs in on the bill.
March 05, 2012 -
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Army modernization leaders say they\'ve gotten a bad rap on acquisition, and they claim it\'s undeserved. They point to several wartime success stories, and say they\'re implementing suggested reforms.
March 05, 2012 -
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Disagreement persists over whether provisions in a new contracting bill will enhance oversight of overseas contracting during conflicts or create another bureaucratic layer that penalizes contractors.
March 02, 2012 -
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ClearanceJobs.com managing director Evan Lesser will talk about how the government job market is changing. March 2, 2012(Encore presentation March 16, 2012)
March 02, 2012 -
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A check-up of how well the Homeland Security Department is unifying its 22 agencies finds the patient getting better, but still weak. The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Management examined the agency\'s acquisition, human resources and financial management systems. While DHS has a roadmap for improvement, it may not have the tools to implement it.
March 02, 2012 -
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Vice Adm. Lou Crenshaw, the national aerospace and defense practice leader at Grant Thornton, shares his insight on a recent survey of federal contractors on their relationship with government with The Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
March 02, 2012 -
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New legislation aims to implement some recommendations of the Commission on Wartime Contracting. Includes provisions that would automatically suspend contractors accused of wrongdoing in overseas contingency scenarios.
March 02, 2012 -
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has terminated a $102 million contract for a key component of the e-health record system that is supposed to help streamline the health care that VA and the Defense Department provides to service members, veterans and their families. The agency says it is determining its next steps.
March 01, 2012 -
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Agencies will have to take new steps to ensure electronics, such as computers and copiers, are reused or recycled and do not end up in landfills, according to a governmentwide bulletin the General Services Administration issued Thursday.
March 01, 2012
