Acquisition Policy
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Karla Smith-Jackson, the senior procurement executive and deputy chief acquisition officer at NASA, said the NASA Acquisition Innovation Lab will provide mission and program areas a safe space to test out new acquisition approaches.
October 31, 2022 -
Allen Federal Business Partners President Larry Allen joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a wide ranging discussion of how inflation, climate change and the upcoming election will affect contractors in fiscal year 2023.
October 27, 2022 -
The Navy will also look to hold prime contractors accountable to meeting small business subcontracting goals.
October 26, 2022 -
We have come to see that Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) really represents the next logical step in the evolution of the Multiple Award Schedule Program, as that program responds to the dynamic commercial market.
October 21, 2022 -
Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, is leading the charge to bring some sunlight onto agency 508 efforts after accountability from Congress, agencies has dropped over the last decade.
October 18, 2022 -
The Safer Federal Workforce task force will issue guidance on the future of the federal contractor vaccine mandate, but some of the details are still up in the air.
October 17, 2022 -
Bill Gormley, president of the Gormley Group, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for an in-depth discussion of the top procurement issues impacting the General Services Administration.
October 14, 2022 -
The General Services Administration’s inspector general released its third report or alert over the last year about the data behind the Transactional Data Reporting program.
October 11, 2022 -
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, argues for why the General Services Administration’s Transactional Data Reporting effort needs more time and training of contracting officers.
October 11, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The Biden Administration expands the use of procurement to encourage economically friendly purchasing. American embassies worldwide are in line for a major network upgrade. And the Department of Homeland Security looks to improve customer experience with people and data.
October 11, 2022 -
Among other things, initiatives aim to incentivize large prime contractors to incorporate innovations from small businesses into their bid proposals and give contracting officers better tools to manage intellectual property rights.
October 11, 2022 -
Marsha Lindquist, president of Granite Leadership Strategies and a fellow at both APMP and NCMA, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss her book, Secrets of Strategic Pricing for Government Contractors.
October 06, 2022 -
Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the evolution of eCommerce, the impact of inflation on government contractors and the state of commercial item contracting.
October 05, 2022 -
Stephanie Geiger, executive vice president and co-founder of Government Marketing University, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the founding of GMarkU and the upcoming GAIN conference in October.
September 29, 2022 -
Baker Tilly’s Jeff Clayton, Leo Alvarez, and Julia Smith host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf, for a wide-ranging discussion of compliance, procurement, and market trends impacting companies engaged in the federal marketplace.
September 28, 2022