Acquisition Policy

  • The rationale behind the site was to serve as a place where professionals in the Acquisition workforce could go to play games that were related to the \"core competencies\" that are central to Acquisition.

    December 03, 2010
  • The federal CIO Vivek Kundra will roll out specifics about the administration\'s plan to change the way agencies buy and manage technology. The administration wants to give CIOs more authority over the budget for commodity IT such as e-mail or infrastructure. Kundra also said 2012 budget request will include requirements for continuous monitoring of agency networks.

    December 03, 2010
  • Rob Burton, former deputy administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy and currently an attorney at Venable Law Firm, joined the DorobekINSIDER to discuss how the events of 2010 will shape the procurement community next year.

    December 02, 2010
  • WFED\'s Jason Miller discusses OMB\'s plans to change IT acquisition and management.

    December 02, 2010
  • Jon Jordan, Deputy Commissioner of GSA\'s FAS, joins host Larry Allen to discuss the recent Excellence in Partnership Awards. November 30, 2010

    December 01, 2010
  • The contract could be worth $6 million over four years. GSA said it wants Unisys to replace several different versions of IBM\'s Lotus Notes and Domino software.

    December 01, 2010
  • The Federal Acquisition Service is working on a plan to improve the service it delivers to federal agencies, vendors and contractors.November 30, 2010

    November 30, 2010
  • The commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service wants to take his organization to new heights in how it serves its agency and vendor customers. FAS saw its revenue grow to $52 billion in 2010, but Kempf wants to offer more services and meet its customers\' needs better to increase its revenue. FAS will require all new schedule contract offers and modifications to be done electronically by the end of 2011.

    November 24, 2010
  •  Google has filed a lawsuit against the Interior Department in an attempt to prevent the agency from going ahead with bid requests to host a cloud-based electronic messaging system. According to a lawsuit filed in U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Google says they met with Interior Department officials on several occasions asking them to [...]

    November 23, 2010
  • Bob Tompkins, Partner, Patton Boggs joins host Larry Allen to discuss federal contracting opportunities for small businesses. November 23, 2010 (Encore presentation)

    November 22, 2010
  • The General Services Administration\'s employee relocation service supports about 85 percent of all relocating federal employees. Program analyst Julie Blanford explains why it\'s a big challenge for agencies to relocate employees and how her department can help.November 23, 2010

    November 19, 2010
  • GSA certified that GPO complies with the Federal Information Processing Standard 201, which sets requirements to ensure that identification cards are secure and resistant to fraud. GSA\'s David Temoshok explains the process for us.

    November 19, 2010
  • Dan Gordon of OFPP discusses the return of the Frontline Forum meetings.

    November 18, 2010
  • The AFFIRM panel discusses how to stay innovative.

    November 18, 2010