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House Democratic committee leaders are urging the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to avoid further cuts to federal pay and benefits.
October 13, 2011 -
OFPP issued a new memo encouraging departments to consider if the product or service they are buying meets sustainable standards. The memo is another in a series of directives to green the government.
October 13, 2011 -
Rick Biben, chief executive and president, and Tom Schubert, chief engineer, joined In Depth with Francis Rose on this week\'s Industry Chatter program to discuss the work the company does for federal customers.
October 13, 2011 -
Washington lawyer Steve Ryan joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris and said government tends to stay on on top of wrongdoing by errant contractors.
October 13, 2011 -
The proposal by three members of Congress would reduce the amount contractor employees can earn from government work. Currently, the limit is about $694,000 and applies only to companies\' top five executives.
October 12, 2011 -
Host Roger Waldron is joined by Ed O\'Hare, senior vice president, Technology Business Sector, at Koniag Development Corporation. October 11, 2011
October 11, 2011 -
Market Connections President and CEO Lisa Dezzuti joins host Mark Amtower to talk about how government and contractors are using social media to do their jobs. October 10, 2011
October 10, 2011 -
Federal contractors may be getting away with fraud or shoddy work, according to a Government Accountability Office study of five years\' worth of federal contracts. GAO found that most agencies are not using enforcement tools meant to cut off the flow of public funds to bad contractors.
October 07, 2011 -
Bill Gormley, president and chief executive officer of Washington Management Group, is leaving his job, Federal News Radio has learned.
October 07, 2011 -
Mike Morelli, the project manager with the Denver Service Center for the National Park Service, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss the Washington Monument repair efforts.
October 07, 2011 -
Paul Christman is the new president and chief executive officer of Quest Software Public Sector.
October 06, 2011 -
GAO\'s John Hutton and Belva Martin highlight conclusions from two recent reports.
October 05, 2011 -
More than a dozen construction companies won spots on a multiple-award Army construction contract, worth $499 million. The also awarded an $11 million contract to restore and modernize a building in Washington, D.C.
October 05, 2011 -
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy and GSA are working on a directory of Federal Supply Schedule blanket purchase agreements. The database would help fix one of the \"biggest blind spots\" in federal acquisition today, said Dan Gordon, OFPP administrator. OFPP\'s memo to require business cases for multiple-award contracts received praise for its direct and specific requirements.
October 05, 2011 -
Host Roger Waldron will talk about the MAS program with Caroly Alston, general counsel for the Washington Management Group. October 4, 2011
October 04, 2011