Contracts/Awards

Larry Allen of Allen Federal Business Partners offered more insight into federal contracting with the recently passed minibuses on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

DHS is kicking off several corresponding initiatives to further mitigate supply chain risks, particularly through federal procurement.

In today’s Federal Newscast, Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie appointed a new permanent director for the DC medical center.

IBM said DoD is going against industry best practices by limiting competition with a single cloud environment under the $10 billion JEDI procurement.

In today’s Federal Newscast, a new report from the Homeland Security Department says large agricultural operations face cyber threats like data theft, and even destruction of large-scale farm equipment.

Google said the Defense Department’s JEDI cloud program doesn’t align with their approach where multiple clouds and an open source environment makes the most sense.

Gary Washington, the chief information officer at the Agriculture Department said the commitment from agency leadership, the White House and the program offices to modernize systems and applications is why he is confident about the future.

Tom Sisti, vice president and chief legislative counsel at SAP joins host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf to discuss the state of commercial item contracting, category management, and the latest in cyber and supply chain risk policy developments. October 9, 2018

Marcia Madsen, partner at Mayer Brown LLP, joins host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf to discuss the Civil False Claims Act and some of the key acquisition reforms outlined in the 2019 NDAA. October 2, 2018

Jason Workmaster, counsel at Covington LLP, joins host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf to discuss the Defense Department’s DFARS commercial item rule and what that means for contractors doing business with the agency, and he gives an update on recent Civil False Claims Act cases. September 25, 2018

The Navy explained what capabilities are more important for its multibillion dollar IT contract.

GAO dismissed Granite’s bid protest of the Labor Department’s solicitation under the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract after the agency said it would take corrective action.

Three procurement actions show the Defense Department’s continued push to move data and applications to off premise cloud services.

The Joint Tactical Networking Center is using open systems to create the next generation of tactical radio systems and be interoperable across the military services.