Acquisition Policy
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Mike Parkinson, author and principal at 24 Hour Company, joined this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss why graphics are important to proposals and how companies can use them to win more government contracts.
December 12, 2019 -
With half of GSA’s private leases set to expire in the next five years, the agency and its Public Buildings Services has a chance to shrink the government's real estate footprint.
December 11, 2019 -
With some of the latest ironies, federal marketing and procurement consultant Larry Allen joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 10, 2019 -
Contractors can now determine if they qualify as a small business based on a five-year revenue calculation instead of a three-year average under a new, much-anticipated rule from the Small Business Administration.
December 10, 2019 -
Federal procurement lawyers say the first quarter of the federal fiscal year tends to be among the busiest times of the year as contractors challenge awards and solicitations that came during the previous fourth quarter.
December 09, 2019 -
Much progress is being made through GSA’s Schedules Consolidation, Contract Writing System, and Catalog Management initiatives.
December 06, 2019 -
Stephanie Shutt, director of the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program Management Office, joined host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the Federal Acquisition Service's MAS consolidation initiative.
December 06, 2019 -
Jonathan Aronie, David Douglass and Scott Maberry, partners at Sheppard Mullin, join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the firm's new Organizations Integrity Group, which develops and implements compliance programs for companies and organizations that do business with the government.
December 05, 2019 -
Fred Diamond, co-founder of the Insitute for Excellence in Sales, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center, to discuss the origin and scope of the IES and how integrating sales and marketing can drive contractors in a positive direction.
December 05, 2019 -
A couple of subtleties creep in, as Federal Drive with Tom Temin learned from procurement attorney Joe Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell.
December 05, 2019 -
Eric Strauss, Tan Wilson and Elizabeth Moon, members of AFCEA's small business committe, joined host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center, to discuss the committee's mission, goals, and its plans for 2020.
November 27, 2019 -
Congress is still unable to create long term spending packages. Meanwhile there's some new rules for them to follow in order to do business with the government.
November 26, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, acquisition authorities have made a proposed rule final, to keep phony parts out of systems the government buys.
November 25, 2019 -
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) team at Booz Allen Hamilton joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a wide ranging discussion of how the Department of Defense is using AI and machine learning to support its mission.
November 22, 2019 -
Judith Zawatsky, the assistant commissioner in the Office of Systems Management in GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, said she will work with GSA CIO David Shive on a post-mortem to figure out what went wrong with the FBO.gov to beta.sam.gov move.
November 21, 2019