Acquisition Policy
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A. Price Reduction Clause and Task/Delivery Order Competition Recommendation 1. That the GSA Administrator eliminate the Price Reduction Clause from MAS program services contracts and adopt an 803- like approach to compete orders for all…
June 26, 2009 -
Editor’s note: This item updated on June 26, 2009 at 9:35p ET There is all sorts of buzz coming from 1105 Government Information Group’s Washington Technology’s Top 100 Conference and Awards Luncheon — and, specifically,…
June 26, 2009 -
The Senate Friday confirmed the nomination of Jeffrey Zients to be the OMB deputy director of management and the Obama administration’s chief performance officer. The Senate Homeland Security Committee had signed off on his nomination…
June 22, 2009 -
How will the federal government strengthen the procurement system? The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement recently held a hearing on this topic. Subcommittee Chairwoman Diane Watson (D-Ca.) joins…
June 19, 2009 -
The House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on government management and procurement held a hearing earlier this week looking at improving procurement acquisition and policies. One of the people who testified before that committee was…
June 17, 2009 -
By Dorothy Ramienski Internet Editor FederalNewsRadio The General Services Administration awarded an additional Internet security contract modification today to Verizon Business Services. Verizon got the award as a contract modification on GSA’s Networx Universal telecommunications…
June 16, 2009 -
Robert A. Burton Partner, Venable LLP Director, Procurement Roundtable June 16th, 2009
June 16, 2009 -
The General Services Administration has named Danielle Germain as the agency’s chief of staff, replacing Cathleen C. Kronopolus, who has been acting chief of staff since January. Most recently, Germain worked at the National Academy…
June 09, 2009 -
Six meetings planned over the next three months to look at variety of topics.
June 05, 2009 -
The federal e-Buy contracting system is expanding to include state and local governments that need help. Steve Kempf is Assistant Commissioner for Acquisition Management at the General Services Administration and joins us with details.
June 05, 2009 -
Questions for the nominee to head the General Services Administration, former GSA Chief of Staff Martha Johnson, ranged from surplus properties to the Networx contract. She answered questions from the members of the Senate Homeland…
June 04, 2009 -
There are a lot of awards out there. One of the more prestigious of those awards is the John J. Franke Jr. award, given out by the American Council on Technology and the Industry Advisory…
June 03, 2009 -
OMB drafting new guidance to let agencies use function to better understand citizen Web behavior. Draft policy includes opt-in option.
May 28, 2009 -
Agencies making contract awards without fully understanding the contractor\'s past successes or failures. GAO makes six recommendations to improve and standardize the information.
May 26, 2009 -
New site, Data.gov, to grow to about 240,000 datasets over the next month. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra says the public should direct what information is made available.
May 22, 2009