Acquisition Policy
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New analysis from GovConRx found agencies are giving vendors “satisfactory” past performance ratings more often than any other rating because the system is too burdensome and time consuming.
June 10, 2019 -
A fiery debate is likely brewing over the future of a space force after the House Armed Services Committee decided not to address the White House’s request to create the new service in its annual policy bill.
June 10, 2019 -
Congress is watching while contractors are wary. So just how big is other transaction authority in the Defense Department?
June 10, 2019 -
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's inspector general found a third of its inspectors will be eligible to retire in 2020.
June 10, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, House and Senate lawmakers have taken steps to prevent a White House proposal which would result in about 1,000 layoffs at the U.S. Forest Service.
June 05, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Government Accountability Office says agency spending on products and services in 2018 reached its highest level in seven years.
June 04, 2019 -
The president of PM Consulting Group said to be successful in the federal market, small firms have to think less about agency goals and more about how to solve specific business problems.
June 04, 2019 -
For just how much, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to Bloomberg Government senior data analyst Paul Murphy.
June 04, 2019 -
A recent White House executive order on communications supply chain security seemed aimed at a controversial Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer.
May 31, 2019 -
Roger Waldron of the Coalition for Government Procurement says raising the Micro-Purchase Threshold from $10,000 to $25,000 for purchases through the Section 846 pilot could expand the market by billions.
May 31, 2019 -
Market Connections President Aaron Heffron joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the findings in his company's recently released 2019 Content Marketing Review.
May 30, 2019 -
The company previously indicated an unwillingness to issue the refunds, saying that doing so could amount to an admission of wrongdoing.
May 27, 2019 -
OMB’s draft cloud smart strategy is one of several ongoing efforts across the government to help agencies deliver services and modernize systems more quickly.
May 24, 2019 -
The General Services Administration will host a Federal Acquisition Service Training (FAST) Conference on April 14-16, 2020, in Atlanta.
May 24, 2019 -
Patricia Davis-Muffett, director of Public Sector marketing for Amazon Web Services joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a wide ranging discussion of GovCon marketing. She also gives a preview of the upcoming AWS Public Sector Summit that begins on June 10th.
May 23, 2019