Acquisition Policy
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The State Department has finalized changes expected to it easier for people with disabilities to join the Foreign Service.
April 05, 2023 -
Tiffany Hixson, the assistant commissioner for the Office of Professional Services and Human Capital Categories in the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service, said some of the changes to OASIS+ were around NAICS codes and greenhouse gas emission reporting.
April 04, 2023 -
The negotiation and award of MAS contracts is the fundamental first step in providing customer agencies with access to commercial products, services and solutions. Fair and reasonable pricing grounded in the reality of the marketplace, not LPRC, however, is critical, especially if the government is to maintain an open, competitive and innovative MAS program that provides sound business opportunities for contractors that deliver best value solutions for customer agencies.
March 31, 2023 -
Companies leaders who want a piece of projects funded by last year's infrastructure bill, should pay attention.
March 30, 2023 -
GovCon guru and attorney Alan Chvotkin, partner at Nichols Liu, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to share his key rules of government contracting.
March 29, 2023 -
Addressing the FAR price analysis requirements in FAS operations, enhancing and expanding training for the MAS contracting workforce, and providing management with the appropriate discretion to support the workforce are all key steps to addressing the challenges and questions surrounding MAS price analysis.
March 24, 2023 -
Mark Krzysko, president of the Association for Federal Information Resources Management, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center, to discuss what his organization is doing for the GovCon community.
March 22, 2023 -
Federal contractors don't see a lot of room for growth after inflation in fiscal 2024, with a few large agencies actually requesting a reduction in funding relative to what was enacted in 2023.
March 21, 2023 -
A dozen unsuccessful bidders protested the award of CATTS IT services contract, claiming Commerce didn’t evaluate their proposals properly.
March 21, 2023 -
Still annoyed by the Trump administration's relocation of two Agriculture Department bureaus, a senator has introduced legislation to raise the bar for agency moves. It would require agencies to do some homework before they move.
March 17, 2023 -
Numerous recent polls show a low level of public faith in government. At least in some minds, that raises the question of whether the government is trying to solve too many problems.
March 16, 2023 -
David Shea, director of the Office of Charge Card Management at the General Services Administration joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the federal SmartPay program.
March 15, 2023 -
Intelligence agencies are increasingly turning to OTAs to acquire capabilities in areas like artificial intelligence.
March 13, 2023 -
Gormley Group President Bill Gormley joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to disucss how inflation is impacting contractors.
March 07, 2023 -
Paul Courtney, the chief procurement officer at the Homeland Security Department, said he didn’t consider opening up the multiple-award IT products and software contract to a larger number of awardees.
February 27, 2023