Acquisition Policy
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The review found concerns over compliance, cost, reciprocity and more, issues that aren't going away as the Pentagon overhauls the program.
December 10, 2021 -
Roger Waldron, of the Coalition for Government Procurement, writes that the obsessive focus on the price over the solution delivered is a direct threat to the President's Management Agenda’s goals.
December 10, 2021 -
The legal reasoning behind the latest preliminary injunction largely mirrors that of a similar injunction a Kentucky judge issued a week earlier. But it is far broader in its scope.
December 07, 2021 -
As federal senior executives ask the acquisition system and their industry partners to do more to support the Build Back Better initiative, it will be critical to identify quick fixes, reforms, policies and strategies that increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the acquisition system for customer agencies and contractors.
December 03, 2021 -
New IRS Deputy Chief Procurement Officer Guy Torres has long federal and private sector experience.
December 02, 2021 -
The Government Accountability Office’s annual report to Congress showed vendors filed less than 1,900 protests in fiscal 2020.
December 01, 2021 -
The injunction applies only to federal contracts in Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee, but is the first court decision among numerous lawsuits challenging the mandate.
November 30, 2021 -
The Pentagon is considering profit incentives and source selection criteria to get defense contractors to up their cybersecurity game before CMMC 2.0 becomes a reality.
November 26, 2021 -
The move exempts tens of thousands of federal contractors from the federal vaccine mandate.
November 24, 2021 -
This week on Off the Shelf, Miller & Chevalier’s Jason Workmaster joined host Roger Waldron for lively discussion of what government contractors should focus on as they navigate the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
November 23, 2021 -
This week on Off the Shelf, Bill Gormley, president of the Gormley Group, joined host Roger Waldron for a wide ranging discussion of the top contracting trends impacting the General Services Administration, customer agencies, and industry.
November 23, 2021 -
Dan Graves, chief technology officer at Delphix, joined host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss the challenges federal IT officials face when managing diverse data sets.
November 23, 2021 -
Lisa Shea Mundt of The Pulse of GovCon joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the top issues issues facing small government contractors.
November 22, 2021 -
More than 90% of GSA's contractors have signed agreements incorporating the mandate into their contracts, including 95% of vendors on GSA's Federal Supply Schedule.
November 19, 2021 -
DHS was concerned the Pentagon's approach was too "heavy-handed." Now, officials think "CMMC 2.0" might leave gaps in contractor cybersecurity.
November 16, 2021