Acquisition Policy
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A contracting officer's power is not unlimited. He or she has the act in good faith, as one agency found out in the Court of Federal Claims over the termination of an employee. Procurement attorney Joe Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell sheds light on the case on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 07, 2016 -
A series of new tools and information guides from the General Services Administration are designed to help vendors and start-ups use IT Schedule 70 more easily and quickly.
April 06, 2016 -
Defense Secretary Ash Carter revealed a handful of reforms aimed at bringing the Defense Department into the 21st century.
April 05, 2016 -
WashingtonTechnology.com editor Nick Wakeman joins host Mark Amtower for a wide ranging discussion of the protest environment, key recent mergers and acquisitions, and how to buy your way onto a GWAC. April 4, 2016
April 04, 2016 -
Richard Lieberman, a consultant and retired attorney, makes the case that agencies can’t pick and choose when to apply the Federal Acquisition Regulations to task orders under multiple award contracts.
April 04, 2016 -
Bob Welch served as the senior procurement executive for the departments of Commerce and Treasury during his 30-year federal career.
April 04, 2016 -
Jack Midgley, executive officer, Defense and Social Infrastructure, Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting Co. Ltd, joins host Roger Waldron on Off the Shelf to discuss Deloitte's Asia-Pacific Defense Outlook for 2016. April 5, 2015
April 03, 2016 -
Kareem El-Alaily, managing director of Censeo Consulting Group, makes the case for why enterprise license agreements (ELAs) pave the way for future data and reporting required by government agencies to meet Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) policy guidelines.
March 31, 2016 -
Soraya Correa, chief procurement officer for the Department of Homeland Security, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss her vision for the DHS acquisition workforce, procurement operations, and government-industry communications. March 29, 2016
March 30, 2016 -
Rob Coen, director of the NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss NITAAC's portfolio of government wide contract vehicles. March 22, 2016
March 30, 2016 -
A draft memo released for public comment March 29 would require GSA to run a governmentwide contract for mobile devices and services, and mandate agencies use that new vehicle by August 2018.
March 30, 2016 -
Anne Rung, the administrator in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, said at the recent Acquisition Excellence conference that she’s working with the Chief Acquisition Officer’s Council to share some best practices to improve how agencies provide debriefings to unsuccessful vendors.
March 28, 2016 -
Michael Keating, senior editor of American City and County, joins host Mark Amtower to talk about the ten the retirement tsunami, cooperative purchasing best practices and other big stories in 2015. March 28, 2016
March 27, 2016 -
It's an old rule: A small business can't front for a large business just to get a set-aside contract. But that doesn't keep people from trying. One recent case went two rounds of protest only to prove large and small companies can't exchange a few people and get away with it. Federal Drive with Tom Temin discussed this case with procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo.
March 24, 2016 -
Contractors can take solace in the fact that more agencies are getting more money next year. Larry Allen of Allen Federal Business Partners joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to explain how contractors can capitalize on it.
March 21, 2016