Acquisition Policy
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Senior officials with the Treasury Department and the Office of Management and Budget say the answer of whether or not the May 2017 full roll-out of the DATA Act is more complicated than a simple yes or no.
April 19, 2016 -
The General Services Administration is soliciting industry input on how to buy office supplies differently through the multiple award schedules. Some in industry say GSA is reacting to continued challenges with the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (FSSI).
April 19, 2016 -
The government may be good at a lot of things, but plain language isn't one of them. Most federal rulemaking and procurement language is the worst sort of babble. Now the General Services Administration is trying to simplify instructions for companies that want to get their first multiple award schedule contract. Larry Allen of Allen Federal Business Partners shares his insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 18, 2016 -
Sen. Claire McCaskill, ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, requested that the Government Accountability Office assess the Army’s contracting process, including accountability and oversight.
April 18, 2016 -
Attorney Brian Miller with Rogers Joseph O'Donnell, PC, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the Civil False Claims Act and its role in government contracts and cyber compliance requirements. April 19, 2016
April 17, 2016 -
The Government Accountability Office looked at 21 large cloud contracts across five cabinet level departments, and found only seven met all of the industry best practices for service level agreements. David Powner, GAO’s director for IT management issues, with Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about how GAO selected those best practices, and why agencies should be following them.
April 14, 2016 -
The two agencies released a joint statement on April 12 “reaffirming the importance of preserving competition in the defense industry.”
April 14, 2016 -
The Government Accountability Office's sixth annual report on "fragmentation, overlap and duplication," put the spotlight once again on the DoD, Treasury Department the Department of Health and Human Services for the "significant opportunities for cost savings and revenue enhancement [that] exist in these three areas."
April 13, 2016 -
The Defense Department is missing out on billions of dollars in savings by not addressing some recommendations from the Government Accountability Office, a new report stated.
April 13, 2016 -
The Navy's top energy official said he thinks the tide is turning in Congress when it comes to green energy and the military.
April 12, 2016 -
The General Services Administration is making moves to enhance its own knowledge of categories. Larry Allen of Allen Federal Business Partners tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin how this could in turn benefit contractors.
April 11, 2016 -
Russ Deyo, DHS’ undersecretary for management, is holding each of the department’s components accountable for specific plans, milestones and approaches that focus on root causes of employee dissatisfaction.
April 08, 2016 -
The Defense Department is trying to be more transparent in the way it prices contracts.
April 08, 2016 -
What are the biggest cyber issues facing feds? Find out when cyber guru Bob Gourley joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center. April 11, 2016
April 07, 2016 -
A memo obtained by Federal News Radio looks at what Pentagon leaders wanted and explicitly didn't want in reforming the Defense Department.
April 07, 2016