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Acquisition Policy
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Jennie Liming, with the General Services Administration\'s Federal Acquisition Service, was nominated for a Causey Award for her work creating, implementing, and managing a program to develop entry-level employees.
May 21, 2010 -
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We get a peek at current cutting-edge practices in integrated water-energy green buildings practices and the opportunities and challenges of bringing these practices to federal facilities from GSA\'s John Simpson
May 21, 2010 -
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Vendors pessimistic that agencies can transition all services to Networx by June 2011. GSA says it will decide a few months before the contract ends whether to extend the current telecommunications contract.
May 20, 2010 -
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The proliferation of multiple award contracts across the government has reached a tipping point. The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is on a listening tour trying to figure out how to tame this unwieldy beast. In our special report, Contract Overload, Federal News Radio\'s Jason Miller explores all sides of this complex issue. What is the cost to industry to continually bid on these contracts? How do these costs get passed to agencies? Why do agencies believe they need their own MACs instead of using contracts provided by the General Services Administration, or other government-wide acquisition contracts? And, what, if anything, can OFPP do to reel in the explosion in redundant contracts?
May 20, 2010 -
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Federal News Radio\'s Jason Miller tells us what he discovered while reporting for his three-part series.
May 19, 2010 -
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The Federal Drive\'s Tom Temin and Amy Morris examine whether or not it should be done.
May 19, 2010 -
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An electronic contracting system that will reduce paper shuffling and allow the public to see details about what the government buys may be on the way. We get details from Roger Waldron, a former GSA exec.
May 19, 2010 -
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Congressional staff members call the current MAC environment \"chaos.\" The administration will decide in a matter of weeks whether NIH should continue to run its CIO-SP3 governmentwide contract. OFPP administrator Gordon says several broad policy decisions must be made to address the challenges around multiple award contracts.
May 19, 2010 -
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During her first interview as head of OGP, Kathleen Turco explains how she plans to serve you.
May 18, 2010 -
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Learn more about it from Vice President Susan Plonkey. May 18, 2010
May 18, 2010 -
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The Navy strikes a deal to lump together all the fighter jets it plans to purchase over the next several years into a single large buy, in a victory for aerospace giant Boeing. Dr. Jacques Gansler, former undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, explains.
May 18, 2010 -
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DHS, VA say they need their own multiple award contracts because they want vendors who are familiar with their processes and requirements. Others say agencies want the \"glory\" of running large procurements and are unhappy with GSA\'s fees. GSA is trying to address the perception of poor customer service as a way to bring more agencies into the fold.
May 18, 2010 -
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The Future of Public Sector Workforce and Workspace Sustainability is a series featuring a panel of renowned government and technology-industry experts. The panel, The changing state of Public Sector collaboration and associated operations, the first in the series looks at the challenges and evolving landscape facing Public Sector agencies, and how advanced collaboration models and solutions help organizations raise performance and satisfy citizen demands.
May 17, 2010 -
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Rob Burton of Venable helps us answer that question, and tells us about a new program for small businesses.
May 17, 2010
