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Appropriators in the House and Senate are filling in the budget lines underneath the toplines in the bipartisan budget agreement President Barack Obama signed this week. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, tells In Depth with Francis Rose that the deal matters to contractors for at least three reasons.
November 05, 2015 -
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Protesting the cancellation of a solicitation after a protest caused a cancellation is the latest wrinkle in the government contracting protest space. The General Services Administration is at the heart of this case. Bill Welch, a partner at the law firm McMahon Welch and Learned, told In Depth with Francis Rose that GSA got a kick in the pants from the Government Accountability Office.
November 05, 2015 -
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Good numbers for some big government contractors are some of the biggest highlights of Wall Street's earnings season. For one company, a big contract award means a nice pop on its stock price. Ross Wilkers, newsroom editor at Executive Mosaic, give In Depth with Francis Rose the lowdown about the Gov Con Index.
November 05, 2015 -
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The two-year budget and debt deal President Barack Obama signed may bring some certainty to the government business and contracting space, especially if Congress passes an omnibus spending bill for the rest of this fiscal year. But shutdowns, continuing resolutions and other budget problems have left a lot of clutter on the contracting landscape. Michael Fischetti, a fellow and executive director of the National Contract Management Association, wrote about clearing out that clutter.
November 04, 2015 -
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Jason Workmaster, off counsel at Covington & Burling LLP, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss the state of commercial item contracting. November 3, 2015
November 03, 2015 -
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The Defense Information Systems Agency told industry that it needs to reduce the number of procurements it runs and become more efficient in how it manages existing programs. DISA must find 7-to-10 percent savings each year in overhead costs.
November 03, 2015 -
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Federal contractors who want to win in 2016 are wasting no time hunting for opportunities. In some cases, they don't have to look far. Agencies spell them out in seminars or publish them online. Brian Friel is a government contracts analyst at Bloomberg Government. He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on where to run down the potential sales.
November 02, 2015 -
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The General Services Administration's new push to consolidate services contracts comes about because of another governmentwide contracting initiative. Federal News Radio reports GSA will try to consolidate many expiring services contracts into a few multiple-award contracts. Tiffany Hixson is commissioner for Region 10 in GSA's Federal Acquisition Service and she oversees all of GSA's governmentwide professional support service schedule contracts like the Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services contract known as MOBIS. She told In Depth with Francis Rose the effort to remake the services contracts started within GSA and another big contracting initiative is driving it.
October 30, 2015 -
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A huge number of professional services contracts are due to expire across the government during fiscal 2016. By the General Services Administration's accounting, $26 billion worth of contracts are due to run out over the next year and GSA sees it as the perfect chance to reduce some duplication in service contracting vehicles. There are thousands of them across government and consolidate that work into a smaller number of multiple-award contracting vehicles. Bob Lohfeld is CEO of the Lohfeld Consulting Group, joined Jared Serbu on In Depth with Francis Rose to talk about a busy year ahead for service contract competition.
October 30, 2015 -
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Casey Kelley, John Cavadias and Richard Blake, members of GSA's Alliant 2 management team will discuss the program's overall acquisition strategy and goals. October 27, 2015
October 29, 2015 -
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The Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards honor outstanding leaders in the industry. The awards are co-sponsored by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council. The executive-of-the-year award goes to a company leader who stands out for his or her contributions in business, the community and the industry. Marilyn Crouther, senior vice president and general manager of HP Enterprise Services U.S. Public Add MediaSector, is a finalist for the award in the greater than $300 million in sales category. She joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the honor.
October 29, 2015 -
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The Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards honor many of the individuals and businesses among the region’s government contractors. The awards are co-sponsored by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council. Tom Romeo is the president of Maximus Federal Services and a finalist for the Executive of the Year award in the greater-than-$300 million in sales category. He has more about his company and his nomination.
October 28, 2015 -
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Members of GSA's Alliant team, Casey Kelley, Richard Blake and John Cavadias, join host Mark Amtower to discuss the upcoming Alliant 2 contract. October 26, 2015
October 27, 2015 -
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The Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards has named Anne Rung as the Public Service Partner of the Year.
October 27, 2015
