Acquisition Policy
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In an interim report, the Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) Reform emphasized the need to streamline DoD's budgeting process, but also give Congress more real-time information.
August 17, 2023 -
Value-added resellers and other industry experts say the current interpretation of the Advance Payment Statute is causing major headaches for agencies and providers alike.
August 16, 2023 -
Kevin Plexico, senior vice president of Insformation Solutions at Deltek, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center, to discuss the latest Clarity Study on trends and contractors perspectives of the government market.
August 14, 2023 -
Currently, paradoxes in the MAS contract negotiation process and procedures are creating significant, contradictory and unnecessary hurdles for contracting officers seeking to negotiate “fair and reasonable” pricing. In turn, contractors, including small business contractors, are seeing impacts regarding their access to the federal market and opportunities to compete for customer agency requirements.
August 14, 2023 -
Persistence and focus have paid off for one Labor Department policy advisor. His beat for 23 years of federal service has been access for people with disabilities, access to transportation, jobs, and technology at the federal and state levels.
August 10, 2023 -
New data from GAO found 27 agencies spent more than $40 million through the Commercial Platforms, with 96% going to one of the three providers.
August 09, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast, five years since issuing the notice of proposed rulemaking, agencies can finally conduct 360 degree reviews with their contractors.
August 09, 2023 -
Protests of agency solicitations or contract awards draw protests about two thousand times every year. It's no fun for either side. But there are things the government can do in crafting an acquisition to lower the chances of a protest.
August 07, 2023 -
The Federal Acquisition Regulations Council is close to finalizing rules for threat hunting, secure software development and securing unclassified information systems.
August 07, 2023 -
Danielle Moyer, the executive director of the Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, said during her first few months on the job, she created a review team to figure out how to shorten the timeline to award contracts.
August 01, 2023 -
A recent survey from the Professional Services Council highlights optimism in the federal acquisition workforce, particularly around communications with industry and the use of longer-term multi-agency contracts.
July 28, 2023 -
The IRS has ended its policy of revenue officers conducting unannounced home or business visits to address taxpayer debts.
July 24, 2023 -
This week on Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower will discuss small business marketing strategies with Shirley Collier of Scale2Market.
July 21, 2023 -
Peter Hutt, partner at Covington & Burling LLP, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for an in-depth discussion of the False Claims Act, including the basics of the law and its impact in the government contracts market.
July 18, 2023 -
Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution. PPBE has been the way of the Pentagon since the 1960s. Nobody is thrilled with it, but it persists. The latest set of recommendations for reforming Pentagon acquisition comes in a letter signed by a dozen contractors and venture capital outfits.
July 18, 2023