Acquisition Policy
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Bloomberg Government Federal Business Analyst Brian Friel talks about why multiple award contracts have become so popular and where the government market is headed. July 24, 2012
July 24, 2012 -
Jaime Gracia, Guy Timberlake, and Evan Weisel, join host Mark Amtower to disucss everything you need to know about social media. July 23, 2012(Encore presentation August 13, 2012)
July 24, 2012 -
The FAR Council wants to implement governmentwide requirements to increase the oversight of security personnel abroad.
July 23, 2012 -
Employees and contractors must demonstrate core competency skills released today by the General Services Administration. GSA developed the competencies and related curriculum recommendations to meet legislative requirements.
July 23, 2012 -
The office asked for industry comment on how to get better data into the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System. OFPP asked for input on seven questions.
July 20, 2012 -
Lawmakers on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee are upset over new disclosures about spending at the General Services Administration. Reps. John Mica (R-Fla.), the committee chairman, and Jeff Denham (R-Calif.) held a press conference Thursday to reveal details from an internal GSA investigation that revealed one of the agency's division spent more than $268,000 on a one-day November 2010 conference in Washington, D.C.
July 19, 2012 -
Host Roger Waldron talks government oversight with Ken Donohue of the Reznick Group. July 17, 2012
July 17, 2012 -
The General Services Administration focuses on the potential of a broker to negotiate between providers and consumers regarding cloud computing services in its Request for Information, released Tuesday. While today's RFI includes a variety of specific questions, GSA also remains open to other types of suggestion from industry.
July 17, 2012 -
Acting Administrator Dan Tangherlini said GSA has at least 15 different bonus structures and there are questions about the agency's award rates. He said 85 percent of all SES performance awards are on hold in through 2013. GSA also will not hire new employees until a top-to-bottom review of the agency's organization is completed.
July 17, 2012 -
The new version of the online resource provides additional resources to better help agencies improve workplace sustainability.
July 13, 2012 -
The Government Accountability Office assessed the performance of seven federal agencies in migrating some of their services to the cloud as required by the Office of Management and Budget. Five of the seven agencies succeeded in meeting OMB's requirements and the other two are expected to be compliant by year's end.
July 13, 2012 -
The Veterans Affairs Department said it saved $40 million by using this centralized approach to managing contractors. vendor management organizations also help agencies buy more strategically. OFPP plans to expand strategic sourcing and sets a $2 billion savings goal by 2015.
July 12, 2012 -
How is the government using big data currently?
July 11, 2012 -
Federal contractors will have more multi-award contracts to bid on this year, but the number may decline in future years, as agencies consolidate their buying into bigger deals.
July 11, 2012 -
Author Steve Koprince will talk about his book and the challenges facing small business contractors. July 9, 2012(Encore presentation August 6, 2012)
July 09, 2012