Acquisition Policy
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Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a wide-ranging discussion of the top contracting issues including Smart Pay micro-purchase limits, new GAO rules for bid protests, and HubZone ownership rule changes. April 16, 2018
April 13, 2018 -
Members of Booz Allen's Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) team join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss new technologies and capabilities for defense and how DoD can leverage those capabilities. April 10, 2018
April 09, 2018 -
This week, the Coalition for Government Procurement hosted a forum entitled, “The $50 Billion e-Commerce Question: Section 846 Implementation Plan — Next Steps.”
April 06, 2018 -
The Treasury Department is launching a series of new data analysis tools to let people have access to a treasure trove of contracts, grants and other spending information like never before.
April 05, 2018 -
The Army believes it now has a workable strategy to buy cyber capabilities within 30 days, but it started by fixing its budgeting and requirements processes.
April 05, 2018 -
Army acquisition chief says government-industry relationships over intellectual property have become too "sloppy."
April 03, 2018 -
Concerns about the technology supply chain are growing are gaining more attention from legislative and regulatory perspectives.
April 02, 2018 -
How can immersive training transform training at the Department of Defense? Find out when Booz Allen's Frank Wakeham, Amy Valdez, Kevin McClung, Mike Wikan and Derald Wise join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf. April 3, 2018
April 01, 2018 -
A new contracting clause from the General Service Administration has potentially big implications for anyone buying from the schedule vendors.
March 29, 2018 -
Army lays out broad concepts for a new command that will overhaul its acquisition bureaucracy, says it will announce its leader and location in the coming weeks.
March 27, 2018 -
How does DoD's implementation of its commercial item rule affect both the department and contractors? Find out when Angela Styles, partner at Bracewell LLP, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf. March 27, 2018
March 22, 2018 -
Eric Crusius, a partner with Holland & Knight law firm, details why the Section 809 panel shouldn’t tinker too much with bid protest rules.
March 21, 2018 -
After three years of procurement reform, the military services want time to assess the new acquisition tools they've been given.
March 21, 2018 -
GSA, OMB embrace Congressional enthusiasm for commercial e-commerce portals, but say several more legal changes are needed to bring the plan to fruition.
March 19, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, CACI International makes an offer to buy IT contractor CSRA after it had already agreed to a deal with General Dynamics.
March 19, 2018