Acquisition
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By Jason Miller Executive Editor FederalNewsRadio Fewer companies are protesting contract awards made by the Defense Department over the last five years. Between 2004 and 2008, the Government Accountability Office found the number of protests…
April 15, 2009 -
Contracts, architecture helped support almost three times as many people as expected
April 15, 2009 -
Cost-type contracts nearly double over the last eight years.
April 13, 2009 -
Budget cuts, attrition, and hiring freezes top the list of ways private companies are handling the current economic situation. That’s according to a new survey by the Society for Human Resource Management. Alan Chvotkin is…
April 13, 2009 -
The Pentagon plans to hire tens of thousands of acquisition workers over the next five years. What kind of education and training does it take to get into this field? Charles Tompkins is a professor…
April 10, 2009 -
By Jason Miller Executive Editor FederalNewsRadio The Homeland Security Department wants to consolidate its multiple procurement systems into one for the entire agency. In a request for information issued April 2 on the FedBizOpps.gov Web…
April 09, 2009 -
We learned earlier this week about Defense Secretary Roberts Gates’ proposed budget for 2010. Gates is calling for 39,000 full-time civil servants to be hired in the next five years, but how will that affect…
April 09, 2009 -
We’ve been telling you about GSA’s John Johnson’s retirement … This morning, he announced his new gig — on Twitter, no less, with this post. As I plan for my departure from GSA after 34…
April 08, 2009 -
The House’s oversight of reform for the acquisition system at the Pentagon is done by the Defense Acquisition Reform Panel, under the auspices of the House Armed Services Committee. Last week the panel heard from…
April 07, 2009 -
By Jason Miller Executive Editor FederalNewsRadio The General Services Administration added Sprint to the growing number of vendors offering secure Internet gateway services through the Networx telecommunications contract. Sprint, joins AT&T and Qwest, to offer…
April 07, 2009 -
What, if any, progress is being made on acquisition reform
April 06, 2009 -
We told you it was coming — in fact, we hinted at it back in January, but it is now official: Martha Johnson has been nominated to be the administrator of the General Services Administration.…
April 03, 2009 -
We’ve been through this before, but… we’re hearing — from very good and multiple sources — that the Obama administration will name Martha Johnson to be the administrator of the General Service Administration as soon…
April 03, 2009 -
In a time when many print publications are struggling, Government Executive, and its IT focused sister Web site, NextGov, seem to be investing. NextGov has hired Aliya Sternstein as a reporter. I am president of…
April 03, 2009 -
Legislation to let agencies bring contracted work back in-house likely will be introduced in the next few weeks. That is one of two bills that Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) is spearheading which will affect the…
April 02, 2009