Acquisition
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In today's Federal Newscast, 123 C-130 planes are being temporarily removed from service after atypical cracks were discovered.
August 09, 2019 -
There are still a lot of unanswered questions about the future of the Pentagon’s JEDI Cloud contract. One of the biggest is whether Oracle will continue its legal challenge.
August 08, 2019 -
The Federal Acquisition Regulations Council released an interim final rule implementing the ban on ZTE and Huawei products and services on systems and networks used by federal contractors.
August 07, 2019 -
Chief FOIA Officers Council members recommend adding commercial, off-the-shelf FOIA and records management software to GSA's schedules program.
August 05, 2019 -
There’s still no guarantee we won’t have another government shutdown two months from now, but Congress and the president removed one of the biggest sources of budget uncertainty last week.
August 05, 2019 -
David Dowd, partner at Mayer Brown LLP, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the legal, policy and market implications of GSA's Section 846 e-commerce initiative.
August 04, 2019 -
Roger Waldron of the Coalition for Government Procurement argued it is important to recognize, however, that, consistent with the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act, there are circumstances that necessitate the use of government-unique terms and conditions.
August 02, 2019 -
The list of top federal contractors hasn’t changed much. BGOV's Dan Snyder joined the show to talk about the rankings and the trends behind this year’s data.
August 02, 2019 -
Sen. Josh Hawley's new bill would give legal authorities more power to act against social media companies that don't remove addictive features in their websites.
August 01, 2019 -
The team behind the FITARA scorecard at the Government Accountability Office says changes are in the works for the next IT modernization rubric.
August 01, 2019 -
For the latest, Tom Temin spoke with Bob Metzger, an attorney at Rogers, Joseph O'Donnell and co-author of the Mitre Report "Deliver Uncompromised."
July 31, 2019 -
The IRS implemented hundreds of recommendations Nina Olson made for administrative change, and 15 bills to implement her recommendations were signed into law.
July 31, 2019 -
Gary Gray, William Riski and George Schleh of Acquisition Systems Associates, make the case for why DoD should be more aggressive in their use of middle tier acquisition approaches.
July 30, 2019 -
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, the new DoD Secretary and the president continue to weigh-in on the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure procurement raising questions about the future of the initiative.
July 29, 2019 -
The General Services Administration’s inspector general recommended the Federal Acquisition Service cancel two of McKinsey and Company’s schedule contracts after finding problems with how the agency negotiated the prices for consulting services.
July 29, 2019