Acquisition Policy
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Deltek’s 12th annual Clarity Government Contracting Industry Survey found win rates remained mostly flat last year, but respondents expect business to improve in the short term.
August 24, 2021 -
Biniam Gebre, who is nominated to be the next administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, would walk in without an obvious background in federal acquisition.
August 17, 2021 -
Judith Zawatsky, assistant commissioner for the Federal Acquisition Service’s Office of Systems Management, joined host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the ongoing, transformational work on the Integrated Award Environment.
August 17, 2021 -
Robin Carnahan, the administrator of the General Services Administration, said in her first interview since being confirmed by the Senate that she wants GSA to be a place for great customer service and have an empowered workforce.
August 16, 2021 -
Federal spending for large quantities of medical supplies sucked in many companies doing business with the government for the first time. In fact, five times as many as in a normal year.
August 10, 2021 -
Advice to contractors covers the general and the topical, and it needs to be clear.
August 09, 2021 -
Marcia Madsen and David Dowd, partners at Mayer Brown LLP, and Alan Thomas, chief operating officer at IntelliBridge, joined host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the program, legal, policy, and market issues surrounding the JEDI procurement.
August 09, 2021 -
The IBM Center for the Business of Government has sponsored a detailed analysis of OTAs and how the government is using them.
August 06, 2021 -
For several years, agency acquisition shops have been getting more comfortable with buying outside of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
August 06, 2021 -
Biniam Gebre has spent the last four years working for Accenture Federal Services leading the management consulting division.
August 04, 2021 -
Soraya Correa recently retired from public service on July 31 after spending the last six as the chief procurement officer at the Department of Homeland Security.
August 04, 2021 -
OMB is releasing an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking today that, among other things, raises the percentage of component parts required to be manufactured in the U.S. in a product that agencies buy.
July 28, 2021 -
Shelby Oakley, a director in the Government Accountability Office's Contracting and National Security Acquisitions team, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a wide ranging discussion of her agency's reports on key procurement programs in the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.
July 27, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, agencies spent billions on urgent COVID-related contracts, but they neglected to report some important award information.
July 27, 2021 -
Procurement law and regulation have required buying American for decades. Is there anything left to do?
July 27, 2021