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Deltek Chief Knowledge Officer Ray Bjorklund discusses how contractors will be affected by the new federal budget. March 6, 2012
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.
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.
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.
The committee charged with assuring cloud computing services meet federal cyber standards under the FedRAMP program will have seven broad responsibilities.
Jonathan Etherton, president of Etherton and Associates Inc., joins host Roger Waldron to talk about a number of federal procurement issues. February 28, 2012(Encore presentation May 29, 2012)
Gwynne Kostin, the director of mobile in the General Services Administration\'s Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technologies, said there has been a definite \"uptick\" of interest of late by agency tech leaders into developing mobile apps that make sense for their agencies. The Mobile Gov Wiki allows agency app developers to share best practices.
In less than two years, the General Services Administration\'s mobile application website has grown from offering 15 apps to 100.
The military service depends on retired federal workers\' expertise to help with policy development and buying goods and services. Congress extended the ability of agencies to hire annuitants through 2015. The Army said these experienced workers are helping to fill the acquisition workforce gaps that it created with huge reductions in the 1990s.
The agency wants to make it easier for customers to buy non-IT professional services under one contract. Mary Davie, assistant commissioner at the Federal Acquisition Service, said the business case will be posted for governmentwide review by June.
Host Roger Waldron talks federal procurement with David Drabkin, corporate director for Acquisition Policy at the Northrop Grumman Corporation. February 21, 2012
Boxwood Executive Search President Bert Sadtler will talk about how government agencies use executive search firms. February 20, 2012
A dozen agencies have no permanent inspector general and some have been without one for several years, according to an IG tracker by the Project on Government Oversight.
The goal is for agencies to offer on a fee-for-service basis excess cloud capacity. GSA\'s Dave McClure said financial management, human resources, customer relationship management and geospatial services are some of the possible offerings.