Acquisition Policy
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Hewlett Packard social media guru Christina Morrison will discuss how to create a social media strategy for your agency or business. March 10, 2014
March 10, 2014 -
James Weller won his wrongful termination case before the Merit Systems Protection Board against GSA. The board ruled Weller deserves 19 months of back pay and to be put back in his former job as Region 7 PBS commissioner.
March 06, 2014 -
Mary Davie, assistant commissioner for GSA's Integrated Technology Service and Mark Day, ITS assistant deputy commissioner, will talk about the agency's priorities for this year. March 4, 2014
March 04, 2014 -
Jim Phillips, executive vice president of Centre Consulting, will discuss various contracting issues with host Mark Amtower. March 3, 2014
March 03, 2014 -
Agencies must use only cloud services that have been approved under the Federal Risk Authorization and Management Program (FedRAMP) by June. OMB will receive more details on agency progress with the latest quarterly update through PortfolioStat. Meanwhile, FedRAMP's security baseline will be revised this summer.
February 28, 2014 -
Jordon Sims, director of Organization Relations and Programs for the Project Management Institute, contends OFPP needs to look at existing pockets of excellence to raise the level of program and project management across the government.
February 28, 2014 -
Jon Etherton, president of Etherton and Associates, Inc., will discuss whether Congress will pass acquisition reform this year. February 25, 2014
February 25, 2014 -
Rep. Jeff Duncan releases a discussion draft of a bill to add more discipline and oversight to the Homeland Security Department's acquisition process.
February 25, 2014 -
The first of two contracts letting agencies buy complex professional services kicked off with awards going to 123 small businesses.
February 24, 2014 -
Departments have a week to finalize their plans to implement information security continuous monitoring by 2017. State and DHS already are heading down the new cyber path, and are excited to take advantage of the standard suite of products and services under the CDM contract.
February 21, 2014 -
On this week's Capital Impact show, Bloomberg Government analysts will examine how the harsh winter weather is affecting housing starts in the U.S. February 20, 2014
February 20, 2014 -
Emile Monette, senior advisor for Cybersecurity for GSA's Office of Mission Assurance, and Carter Schoenberg, director of Cyber Security Services at CALIBRE systems, join host John Gilroy to talk about how to use the acquisition process to improve cybersecurity at your agency. February 18, 2014
February 18, 2014 -
Jason Workmaster and Jack Horan, partners at McKenna Long and Aldridge LLP, will talk a look back at the legal year in 2013 and what's ahead for 2014. February 18, 2014
February 18, 2014 -
The General Services Administration is offering $35,000 to the winner of a competition to identify ways for agencies to reduce travel costs.
February 18, 2014 -
On this week's Capital Impact show, executives from Liberty Group Ventures discuss the roll out of the administration's new cyber framework and how it will affect the private sector. February 13, 2014.
February 13, 2014