Acquisition Policy
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Jon Etherton, president of Etherton and Associates, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss eCommerce, supply chain security and potential acquisition related provisions under consideration for the National Defense Authorization Act.
May 20, 2019 -
OMB submitted six legislative proposals to establish an Acquisition Modernization Test Board, and to bring defense and civilian agencies under the same rules.
May 20, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Merit Systems Protection Board finds between 1999 and 2016, only about 7 for ever 1000 new supervisors faced consequences for failing their probationary period.
May 20, 2019 -
After a year and a half of development, the Department of Health and Human Services is ready to move its Buy Smarter Initiative into the production phase.
May 17, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, after the Veterans Affairs Department second attempt at firing the director of its DC facility, VA's case against Brian Hawkins is reportedly falling apart.
May 17, 2019 -
Just about everybody should be unhappy when they learn that a lot of U.S. government contractors who take money from agencies who go brain dead April 15.
May 17, 2019 -
Procurement attorney Joe Petrillo joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss options contractors have to make changes to bids after a procurement deadline.
May 16, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Council 216 of the American Federation of Government Employees is urging the EEOC to push for more staff.
May 16, 2019 -
The Pentagon has launched a new data gathering effort to try to detect sole-source vendors who are making excess profits by hiding their cost data from contracting officers.
May 16, 2019 -
In OFPP’s fourth version of its myth busters series, agencies can tell acquisition innovation fact from fiction and receive examples where those efforts are taking place already.
May 15, 2019 -
DoD is setting up an innovation marketplace to cultivate developing companies.
May 10, 2019 -
Are some GSA and OMB initiatives making it difficult for small contractors to succeed in the federal market? Find out when Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center.
May 10, 2019 -
Tom Sisti, executive vice president and general counsel for the Coalition for Government Procurement joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss trends in cybersecurity and supply chain risk, and the findings in GSA's eCommerce Market Research and Consultation report.
May 07, 2019 -
Coast to Coast Computers submitted a pre-award protest of the 2nd Generation IT (2GIT) multiple award contract to the Government Accountability Office.
May 06, 2019 -
The Defense Department wants to make sweeping changes to how it procures software.
May 03, 2019