Acquisition Policy
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With professional services growing as a percentage of federal contract dollars, agencies pay close attention to whom its bidders are offering.
August 22, 2019 -
The Department of Homeland Security released a solicitation through its Commercial Solutions Opening pilot to see if vendors have artificial intelligence tools to improve the Contractor Performance Assessment Retrieval System (CPARS) process.
August 19, 2019 -
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Program Support Center is not answering the phone or email for many of its customers and decided it doesn’t have the authority to transfer contracts back to their home agencies.
August 19, 2019 -
Larry Allen, managing director at BDO, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss what's going on and what it means to contractors.
August 19, 2019 -
This week, the FAR Council issued an interim rule implementing a piece of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2019, prohibits contracting for certain telecommunications and video surveillance services from some Chinese entities or affiliates — or those found to be connected to China.
August 16, 2019 -
Alex Sisserson, a product manager for Iron Mountain Government Solutions, details the steps agencies should consider to make sure they safely dispose of technology devices and equipment.
August 15, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt announced plans to streamline the department's 13 ethics programs into one.
August 15, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has launched the Contractor Assistance Portal.
August 14, 2019 -
GSA decided to use its upcoming IT services contract vehicle, known as COMET, to implement its new Contract Acquisition Life-Cycle Management (CALM) system. The decision surprised some vendors.
August 12, 2019 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, USDA employees relocating to Kansas City will now get incentive payments to make up for their now lower salaries.
August 12, 2019 -
William Weisberg, attorney at Centre Law and Consulting, explains why the Trump administration's latest "buy American" EO might not affect many procurements
August 09, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, 123 C-130 planes are being temporarily removed from service after atypical cracks were discovered.
August 09, 2019 -
The Federal Acquisition Regulations Council released an interim final rule implementing the ban on ZTE and Huawei products and services on systems and networks used by federal contractors.
August 07, 2019 -
David Dowd, partner at Mayer Brown LLP, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the legal, policy and market implications of GSA's Section 846 e-commerce initiative.
August 04, 2019 -
Roger Waldron of the Coalition for Government Procurement argued it is important to recognize, however, that, consistent with the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act, there are circumstances that necessitate the use of government-unique terms and conditions.
August 02, 2019