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Acquisition Policy
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Host Roger Waldron is joined by Ray Bjorklund, vice president and chief knowledge officer for Deltek Information Solutions. They will discuss what procurement officers should be doing during the final two months of the fiscal year. July 19, 2011
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Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president and counsel at the Professional Services Council, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss recent speculation that the Defense Department ignored proposals from the Defense Contract Audit Agency nearly two years ago.
July 19, 2011 -
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Faced with increasingly tighter federal budgets, agency leaders are getting tougher on contract spending. The Office of Management and Budget announced in March that spending on federal contracting had actually declined for the first time in more than a decade. Also, earlier this month, OMB directed agencies to cut spending on service contracts by 15 percent.
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Even though a short era of ever-increasing military budgets has come to a close, Pentagon leaders said Monday their quest to find savings in defense spending is not aimed at reducing the profitability of contractors.
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These are the stories Federal News Radio reporters are working on today.
July 18, 2011 -
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The Defense Department’s audit and business practices have come under scrutiny of late. The House Armed Services Committee has created a special panel to reform the Pentagon’s financial management systems, while DoD has struggled for…
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Mark E. Krzysko, deputy director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, told Federal News Radio about the new system the Pentagon is using to improve acquisition. The Acquisition Visibility program gives DoD officials on-demand access to procurement data.
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GAO finds the Pentagon isn\'t moving fast enough in improving the skills of their workforce. House lawmakers focused in the acquisition workforce, specifically. DoD defended its efforts, pointing to the 8,600 new acquisition workers hired over the past few years.
July 15, 2011 -
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Blue Ridge Networks\' Jerry Edgerton talks cybersecurity trends and what measures agencies should take to protect themselves on Industry Chatter with Francis Rose.
July 14, 2011 -
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As terminations become more likely due to tightening budgets, GAO said NASA needs to develop more guidance for its acquisition professionals. Cristina Chaplain, director of acquisitions and sourcing management at GAO, spoke with Federal News Radio about the recommendations.
July 13, 2011 -
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Gwynne Kostin is the Director of Mobile at the Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technologies at GSA. She explains how the program is coming along and what exactly it\'s doing to help interagency collaboration.
July 13, 2011 -
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Host Roger Waldron is joined by Washington Management Group President Bill Gormley. They will talk about what agencies need to do to meet their goals for this fiscal year. July 12, 2011(Encore presentation August 23, 2011)
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A new report from OFPP finds agencies spent a billion dollars less on time-and-materials and labor hours type contracts in 2010. Still, OFPP found an overall increase in cost-reimbursement type contracts. Agencies have a goal to reduce by 10 percent these types of contracts, which the administration calls risky.
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CWTSatoTravel and Northrop Gruman Corporation team up after GSA decides to limit requests for proposals.
July 11, 2011
