Acquisition Policy

• Mobility

  January 25th, 2010 at 12:30 PM Workers, Citizens, and Customers need easy access to their tools and teams to make quicker, higher quality decisions. They require a high level of responsiveness, agility, and data in a format they can use, i.e. Efficient, Mobile Information Transfer Panelists will examine how we provide instant worker status, state, and preferences before you make that first contact - saving up to 1/3rd of your time. How do you help workers connect the right way the first time to speed decision making and elevate efficiency and productivity ; If you\'re the implementer, how do you implement presence-based mobility strategies while balancing today\'s communications innovation and productivity?

  Defense

  January 17, 2011
• GSA cancels e-health system contract with HP

  NextGov reports that GSA has terminated the contract with Hewlett Packard to develop an electronic health system for the military.

  Technology

  January 14, 2011
• What will the Google bid protest mean for cloud?

  Host Roger Waldron is joined by David Dowd, partner at Mayer Brown, to discuss the acquisition implications of the recent bid protest decision involving Google, Microsoft, and the Interior Department. January 11, 2011

  Off the Shelf

  January 11, 2011
• Defense cost tools to be required Feb. 1st

  Defense Department employees have only a few weeks to get themselves familiar with a set of online tools designed to estimate the costs.

  Federal Drive

  January 11, 2011
• Google wins stay of Interior award to Microsoft for cloud

  The Court of Federal Claims rules that Interior violated law and federal regulations in awarding a sole source contract to Microsoft for e-mail and collaboration services in the cloud. This the latest episode in an ongoing battle between the two software giants to provide cloud services to agencies.

  Congress

  January 06, 2011
• IG: IT Security weaknesses remain at GSA

  The IG says GSA\'s CIO has made progress securing the agency, but...

  Federal Drive

  January 05, 2011
• What will happen to agency budgets in 2011?

  Off the Shelf host Roger Waldron speaks with Ray Bjorklund, Senior Vice President and Chief Knowledge Officer at FedSources, about current agency budget issues. January 4, 2011 (Encore presentation April 26, 2011)

  Off the Shelf

  January 04, 2011
• 5 ways to improve Pentagon acquisition

  Loren Thompson, CEO of the non-profit Lexington Institute, says this year was a disaster for DoD acquisition and offers five ways for the agency to improve.

  Budget

  January 04, 2011
• DoD tries to green acquisition process

  DoD\'s Paul Yaroschak explains efforts at the agency to make products more green.

  Management

  January 04, 2011
• DoD, GSA tighten standards on contractor IDs

  New regulations published Thursday aim to make sure agencies reclaim vendor employees\' HSPD-12 cards when they\'re no longer needed to perform contract work.

  Defense

  December 30, 2010
• Analysis: More training for DoD acquisition officers?

  Dr. Jacque Gansler gives his assessment of the DoD recommendations on acquisition reform.

  Federal Drive

  December 29, 2010
• Priorities of the Procurement Round Table

  What\'s behind the creation of Acquisition University and how far can acquisition changes be expected to drive improved government management? Host Larry Allen discusses these issues with General William Tuttle, Chairman of the Procurement Round Table. December 21, 2010

  Off the Shelf

  December 21, 2010
• GSA’s Kempf on FAS reorganization

  With just weeks before the end of the year, the General Services Administration is making some big changes to Federal Acquisition Service team. Ed O’Hare, after 38 years of government service, will retire after the…

  Budget

  December 20, 2010
• OMB wants to bring expert help to agencies

  The White House and the Office of Science and Technology Policy issued an RFI on how to develop a new platform called Expert-net to solicit ideas for solving mission-critical problems.

  Budget

  December 20, 2010