Acquisition Policy
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Every time there’s been a move to post actual federal contract documents on public websites, the effort’s been derailed, partly because of concerns about protecting contractors’ proprietary information. Sean Moulton manages the open government program at Project on Government Oversight. He tells Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about what the feds can learn from how states handle similar information.
March 31, 2017 -
On this edition of Columbia Technology Partner's Ready to Prime, Allen Scott discusses the contracting landscape with two people who know it very well.
March 31, 2017 -
The Trump administration sees the new White House Office of American Innovation to be headed by Jared Kushner as one way to make federal procurement more efficient and responsive. So is erasing a contracting rule established by the Obama administration. Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell offers his take on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
March 30, 2017 -
The Strategic Capabilities Office is one of the most lauded organizations in the Defense Department. The office is famous for taking military systems that do one thing and make them do something completely different. Its leader says his office doesn’t have to worry about acquisition requirements like the rest of the Pentagon establishment. Federal News Radio’s Scott Maucione fills in all the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
March 30, 2017 -
Organization, accountability and a willingness to partner with industry are necessary to improving federal IT acquisition.
March 29, 2017 -
Brian Friel, founder and CEO of Nation Analytics, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to dicuss President Donald Trump's budget and what it could mean for contractors navigating the federal market. March 28, 2017
March 28, 2017 -
The Labor Department's unemployment insurance program pays out $3.5 billion a year improperly, an error rate of more than 10 percent. Justin Bullock, assistant professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A & M, studied this problem. He shares the results on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
March 28, 2017 -
The Trump administration will soon be asking for public comment and expert input on what a reorganized federal government would look like. David Berteau, president of the Professional Services Council, said this will be reminiscent of another reorganization from the Reagan era, the Grace Commission.
March 28, 2017 -
President Donald Trump is naming Jared Kushner, the assistant to the President and his son-in-law, to lead the new Office of American Innovation.
March 27, 2017 -
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said the resolution is part of a package, signed by President Donald Trump, to "roll back job killing rules."
March 27, 2017 -
Nation Analytics founder Brian Friel and Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal business Partners, join host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the state of the contracting landscape. March 27, 2017
March 26, 2017 -
Deidre Lee, chair of the Section 809 Acquisition Advisory Panel, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the panel's mission and agenda for its ongoing review of DoD acquisition. March 21, 2017
March 20, 2017 -
The Air Force Digital Service is trying to keep the Air Force from making software mistakes before they happen.
March 17, 2017 -
President Donald Trump's executive order is a timely, necessary step to improve procurement operations and service to the American people.
March 17, 2017 -
Few types of deals raise the hackles of services contractors more than lowest-price, technically acceptable. Some recent protest decisions should should make them feel a little better about LPTA. Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of the law firm Petrillo and Powell tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin they can and have won with higher prices when they justify higher costs.
March 16, 2017