Acquisition
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The annual Defense authorization bill is filled with policy changes for non-defense agencies, including more than 50 focused on cybersecurity and a host of others address small business contracting.
December 07, 2020 -
The Defense Department simply doesn't know how many people are in its software workforce, let alone how they're trained, promoted or recruited.
December 07, 2020 -
The Qualified Products List maintained by the Defense Logistics Agency turned ugly for one small business when it received a corrective action notice.
December 02, 2020 -
With a vaccine still on the horizon, and a presidential transition now underway, projections on contract spending for 2021 are murkier than usual.
November 30, 2020 -
An old lesson had a new airing when a contractor challenged the set-up of a blanket purchasing agreement.
November 25, 2020 -
Jeff Koses, senior procurement executive at General Services Administration, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to talk about policies and programs currently impacting federal procurement.
November 23, 2020 -
The Navy was a relative latecomer to other transaction agreements, but the service's usage of OTAs in the IT space has surged, and the service is moving prototypes to real-world capabilities.
November 19, 2020 -
NASA SEWP Program Director Joanne Woytek joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to recap the GWACs performance in fiscal year 2020 and how well it did in supporting the IT needs of federal agencies.
November 18, 2020 -
Sometimes things change after an agency issues a request for quotations. Like the possible deliverable quantities or other conditions. If the solicitation doesn't change along with it, the agency might be forced to start over.
November 18, 2020 -
Steve Schooner, Nash & Cibinic professor of Government Procurement Law at the George Washington University Law School, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss why the acquisition workforce should embrace sustainable procurement as a cost effective, long term investment for government.
November 17, 2020 -
Tim Cook, executive director of the Center for Procurement Advocacy and Tom Sisti, general counsel for the Coalition for Government Procurement, join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a wide ranging discussion that includes the congressional outlook of the National Defense Authorization Act, and whether Congress will pass an additional Covid-19 relief package.
November 17, 2020 -
Acquisition 360 is a late-hour initiative by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to improve communications between industry and government. It's a good idea as far as it goes, but could it go a little further?
November 17, 2020 -
Judy Bradt, CEO of Summit Insight, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center, to discuss what small government contractors can do to grow their businesses.
November 16, 2020 -
The Labor Department’s initiative to consolidate and centralize back-office functions would receive a boost in fiscal 2021 of at least $25 million for IT modernization under both the House and Senate spending bills.
November 12, 2020 -
Isabelle Glimcher, a New York University Stern Center for Business and Human Rights fellow, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more discussion.
November 11, 2020