The General Services Administration says it's working through a series of legislative and regulatory changes that would help agencies buy cloud computing services as a "utility."
The Defense Department's innovation hub chief is optimistic about his organization's chances during the presidential transition.
Just when you thought things were calming down, the General Services Administration goes and reorganizes the Federal Acquisition Service. It sounds complicated and it's directed at something contractors already distrust. Namely, category management. Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, for more.
The White House wants nearly $12 billion to keep extra troops in Afghanistan and to continue the fight against the Islamic State. Some members of Congress think the request isn't enough.
DoD is tightening the reins on the research money it gives out to companies. The Pentagon is receiving some backlash for it.
The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) is transforming to serve its customers based on how it’s implementing category management.
Federal News Radio received an early look at how the cloud security program known as the Federal Risk Authorization and Management Program (FedRAMP) plans to improve how it interacts with agencies and vendors next year.
Russell Smith, the president of Organizational Communications Inc., encourages other vendors to speak out against the Obama administration’s category management effort.
Soraya Correa, chief procurement officer at the Homeland Security Department, said the Procurement Innovation Lab (PIL) collaborated with others in the agency to develop a streamlined approach to complete hundreds of thousands of outstanding contracts.
The Lohfeld Consulting group ranked upcoming civilian and DoD contracts that meet three criteria: a likely 2017 request for proposal, likelihood of funding and awards next fiscal year, a significant pool of contenders.
Sometimes the government doesn't quite manage to keep its databases of contractor information up to date. That can lead to trouble when a contract award is made or denied based on wrong information. That's what happened after Engility acquired TASC. Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell offers insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
As President Barack Obama makes the rounds of farewells, contractors might be wondering what the procurement landscape for the federal government might look like. Relax. Nothing all that much is likely to change on the information technology buying front. That's what Deltek's Director of Research Deniece Peterson tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
BirchGrove Consulting President Ray Bjorklund, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss how to bridge the acquisition management gap between government program managers and contracting officers. October 25, 2016
Companies can no longer protest civilian agency task orders, which is an odd situation given that Congress retained the ability of defense contractors to protest to the Government Accountability Office task orders larger than $10 million. The House would restore things, the Senate would not. Terry O'Connor, director of government contracts at the law firm Berenzweig Leonard, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to explain what contractors can do.
The Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces rule suffered a setback the day before it was supposed to go into effect, as the Eastern District of Texas placed a preliminary injunction on it. This delays it from being enforced until the lawsuit challenging it has played out in court.