Acquisition Policy
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Brian Piedfort, vice president of business development at ATI, details why Other Transaction Authorities have garnered significant attention recently.
December 28, 2018 -
That chomping you hear is the sound of the General Services Administration working on two projects it's taken on.
December 26, 2018 -
Nick Wakeman, editor in chief of Washington Technology joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the top contracting stories in 2018 and what's ahead for contractors in 2019.
December 21, 2018 -
Today the Coalition submitted comments in response to the General Services Administration’s Request for Information regarding commercial e-commerce portals.
December 21, 2018 -
Pricing information in contract bids remains secret, not that contractors don't sometimes try. Recent Freedom of Information Act decisions have upheld that principle on recompetes.
December 20, 2018 -
Tiffany Lopez Winters, executive director of The National Trust Center, joined Fed Access to discuss economic espionage and how it is affecting small businesses, government contractors and federal agencies.
December 18, 2018 -
Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller, and Gormley Group president Bill Gormley, join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the key policies, initiatives and programs that shaped the 2018 year in procurement.
December 17, 2018 -
The General Services Administration has taken a series of steps to streamline the Multiple Award Schedule processes and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the MAS program.
December 14, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Senate Democrats said more than 300,000 federal employees will be furloughed if Congress can't come to a deal on seven remaining appropriation bills.
December 13, 2018 -
At least in the beginning, GSA will limit commercial marketplaces to the micropurchase threshold. But officials said industry input shaped their thinking up to this point, and encouraged more.
December 13, 2018 -
The Shared Services Coalition, the National Academy of Public Administration and the Senior Executives Association will release a new report highlighting lessons learned from a series of workshops over the last year.
December 11, 2018 -
Robert Burton, a former deputy administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy and now a partner with Crowell & Moring, makes the case for using commercial practices for government online marketplace purchases.
December 10, 2018 -
At the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s hearing on Wednesday on the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act, the latest scorecard is expected to show progress in several areas.
December 10, 2018 -
The Coalition for Government Procurement supports GSA's decision to hold an e-commerce industry day next week to discuss the future of the Multiple Award Schedule and 2018 defense authorization's Section 846.
December 07, 2018 -
The federal acquisition system might be complicated and slow, but it's not immune to change. In fact, Congress and its own practitioners are constantly tinkering with it.
December 06, 2018