Acquisition Policy
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The Professional Services Council released its 54th annual Vision Forecast to industry and found agencies expect budgets to tighten in 2020 and beyond.
October 29, 2018 -
Roger Waldron, president of the Coalition of Government Procurement, identifies a number of Halloween treats for those in the acquisition community.
October 26, 2018 -
When the Army wanted to buy mundane items such as PCs, tablets and printers, it endured three rounds of protests and ended up close to where it started.
October 25, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the General Services Administration is fixing a shortcoming of the acquisition oversight process by using artificial intelligence.
October 24, 2018 -
A sloppy cyber risk assessment can lead to misallocation of resources, false positives and an unrealistic sense of security at federal agencies, says Larry Clinton of the Internet Security Alliance.
October 23, 2018 -
Companies may have to provide a bill of materials so the Defense Department can keep an eye on its software supply chain.
October 23, 2018 -
Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president and counsel at the Professional Services Council, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for highlights of what's in store.
October 22, 2018 -
At the 2018 ELC conference, GSA and the IRS were among the agencies highlighting how robotics and other emerging technologies can make federal acquisition better and faster.
October 22, 2018 -
The General Services Administration's Federal Acquisition Service has its own opportunity to go back to the future via the single schedule concept, as the current schedule structure limits flexibility, says guest commentator Roger Waldron.
October 19, 2018 -
Acquisition took center stage during day two of the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council's 2018 Executive Leadership Conference in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
October 17, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Project on Government Oversight called the move to replace Acting Interior Inspector General Mary Kendall with a political appointee "puzzling."
October 17, 2018 -
ImmixGroup Vice President and GM Troy Fortune, and Rita Walston, the company's senior director of Marketing Programs, join host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the upcoming Government IT Sales Summit and how to bring cutting edge technology to the government market. October 15, 2018
October 12, 2018 -
Sometimes agency professionals, such as the people who write contracts, fail at the basics, says procurement attorney Joe Petrillo.
October 11, 2018 -
October is the 14th annual National Cybersecurity Awareness Month at DHS and this year, strengthening the workforce is top of mind.
October 09, 2018 -
Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said the rule on performance-based payments and progress payments wasn’t adequately coordinated within the Pentagon before the public comments process began.
October 09, 2018