Acquisition Policy
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Author Carla Bass joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the benefits of concise and precise communication, and how powerful writing can help and hinder your career.
October 24, 2019 -
Emily Murphy, the GSA administrator, said over the past year the agency has collected and used more information about acquisition and real estate to save money and improve services.
October 23, 2019 -
A new intellectual property policy allows for customized arrangements between DoD and companies.
October 18, 2019 -
The Defense Department's procurement authorities have finalized rules for how to deal with LPTA contracts.
October 17, 2019 -
What is the GovCon event landscape for the rest of 2019? Find out when Snowflake's Rita Walston, Government Marketing University's Lou Anne Brossman and Sage Communications' Larry Rosenfeld join host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center.
October 16, 2019 -
Doug Mashkuri, executive vice president and general manager of GovLoop, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the potential impact of GDPR and the role of thought leadership in GovCon.
October 11, 2019 -
With GSA’s release of the Commercial Platform Initiative solicitation, the Coalition for Government Procurement believes that the prudent implementation of e-commerce is a worthy endeavor.
October 11, 2019 -
Jon Etherton, president of Etherton and Associates joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Sheld to discuss supply chain risk management, agile software development and the policy highlights of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act.
October 09, 2019 -
The Navy is shortening contract times for small businesses and trying to get them to production faster.
October 09, 2019 -
Both changes were mandated by law, but they took a while. Alan Chvotkin at the Professional Services Council gave his take.
October 08, 2019 -
A picky law known as the Service Contract Labor Standards Act has the potential to make a hash out of an ordinary procurement.
October 03, 2019 -
Alan Thomas, the commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service, will leave his position after more than two years to return to the private sector. Julie Dunne will take over as acting FAS commissioner.
October 02, 2019 -
For how contractors can navigate the next couple of months, federal sales consultant Larry Allen joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
October 01, 2019 -
Next Tuesday, Oct. 1, marks the beginning of a new era for the General Services Administration’s Multiple Award Schedule program. On that date, Phase I of MAS Consolidation will end with the issuance of a…
September 27, 2019 -
The Senate has confirmed Eugene Scalia, son for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to serve as the next Secretary of Labor.
September 27, 2019