Acquisition Policy
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Last week Norm Augustine joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss just-completed work with the National Academy of Sciences, examining the future of the interstate highway system.
November 19, 2019 -
Rick Suarez, senior vice president of US Market Access at AstraZeneca, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss how the healthcare market is being impacted by the growing trend towards value-based arrangements and payments for pharma contracts.
November 17, 2019 -
GSA and the Energy Department are trying to come up with approaches to bring down the ever-growing risk of cyber attacks to technology systems.
November 15, 2019 -
What are the biggest problems facing small contractors and what steps can they take to increase their chances of winning government contracts? Find out when Carroll Bernard of Waypoint America and Govology joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center.
November 15, 2019 -
None of the new technology NASA is working on to get it to Mars will matter if the agency doesn't have consistency in funding and vision over the next several years.
November 14, 2019 -
Contractors cheered when Congress enacted limitations on the use of LPTA contracts by the Defense Department when buying professional services.
November 14, 2019 -
The GSA account manager at the Defense Logistics Agency, Jay Schaeufele, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to explain what it's all about.
November 12, 2019 -
GAO and the Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee released annual reports highlighting continued decreases in bid protests, by 16%, and in the number of companies suspended or debarred.
November 11, 2019 -
Larry Allen, the managing director of the Federal Market Access Group at BDO USA, outlines some initial concerns that contractors should be aware of as GSA consolidates 24 schedule contracts to one.
November 08, 2019 -
Federal agencies and contractors are doing more to avoid using the suspension and debarment process.
November 07, 2019 -
President and CEO of the Professional Services Council David Berteau joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for what services contractors are thinking.
November 05, 2019 -
OFPP and ACT-IAC partnered to collect and describe acquisition innovations as a way to reduce the friction of acquisition through a new Periodic Table of Acquisition Elements.
November 04, 2019 -
Laura Stanton, GSA’s deputy assistant commissioner for category management in the Office of IT Category in the Federal Acquisition Service, said six-to-eight agencies will pilot this approach to small purchases over the next three years.
November 04, 2019 -
The Defense Innovation Unit finally shows its cards on what it's been working on the past few years.
October 30, 2019 -
GSA Administrator Emily Murphy said a working group is looking at the acquisition fee structure the agency charges and will develop recommendations to rationalize it across FAS.
October 28, 2019