Acquisition Policy
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Allen Federal\'s Larry Allen explains the impact of the acquisitions on the contracting community.
April 01, 2011 -
Former federal procurement policy chief Steve Kelman says you should think about share-in-savings contracts.
April 01, 2011 -
Several sites, including Data.gov, the IT Dashboard and the FEDRamp cloud efforts, could be shut down in the next two months if the administration doesn\'t get more money under the E-government fund. In all, nine sites are on the list to be discontinued by July 30 if OMB doesn\'t find money to keep it going. Experts say OMB has several ways to keep the sites up, including pass-the-hat among agencies.
March 31, 2011 -
Gwynne Kostin, director of Mobile, Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technologies of GSA, explains how employees can overcome some of the biggest challenges to mobile technologies.
March 29, 2011 -
Former Congressman Tom Davis (VA-R) joins host Roger Waldron for a discussion on the federal procurement system. Plus, Davis gives his take on the current budget debate. March 29, 2011
March 29, 2011 -
The idea is to trade one of your acquisition experts to another agency in exchange for one who knows more about a specific procurement need you have.
March 28, 2011 -
Host Mark Amtower interviews government contract expert and consultant Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, on a variety of contracting issues. March 28, 2011 (Encore presentation April 28, 2011)
March 28, 2011 -
If a mobile worker is teleworking, does that mean they\'re in the office?
March 28, 2011 -
The two agencies plan to implement healthier foods and sustainable options at all concessions in their buildings.
March 24, 2011 -
David Dowd, Partner at Mayer Brown LLP, discusses the new competition requirements agencies must follow when placing orders exceeding $150,000. March 22, 2011
March 23, 2011 -
After its mid-year review of per-diem rates for 2011, 11 different counties need to be adjusted, according to the General Services Administration.
March 22, 2011 -
Despite a 2006 mandate to secure mobile devices and implement two-factor authentication, only just over half of federal agencies have managed to do so. OMB submits its annual FISMA report to Congress detailing the steps the government has taken to improve cybersecurity, including spending $12 billion on cybersecurity last year.
March 21, 2011 -
GWACs explained by GSA\'s Michael O\'Neill, NIH\'s Mary B. Armstead, and NASA\'s Joanne Woytek
March 18, 2011 -
We get details from the Defense Intelligence Acquisition Conference from DIA\'s Mark Bogart.
March 18, 2011 -
GSA is focused on reducing waste as much as possible, while still allowing government to be effective. Sustainability was a focus of this year\'s IRMCO event.
March 16, 2011