Troops\' pay unaffected by Operation New Dawn
The council will hold three meetings with Alaskan Native and Native American vendors to seek their ideas on how best to write new regulations for sole source contracts in the 8(a) business development program. Congress required new rules for when agencies can give these firms sole source contracts worth more than $20 million.
One of the most experienced Pentagon acquisition experts has good news and bad news about Secretary Robert Gates\'s plan to reshape the Pentagon.
The technology giant said it did nothing wrong, but settles the allegations it overcharged the government for software and technology products and gave kickbacks to systems integrators. HP\'s decision to settle is another in a growing list of major federal contractors who are paying fines.
This week, host Larry Allen talks with Alison Doyle, a partner at McKenna, Long and Aldridge. Aug. 31, 2010
The simplified acquisition and subcontracting thresholds are among several acquisition ceilings that will increase on Oct. 1.
Learn more about how the Dept of Veterans Affairs was able to awards over $1.8 billion.
According to a post on FedBizOpps.gov, the agency is looking for a company to provide it with extermination services, including the use of a Bed Bug Heat Treatment Oven.
Agency is taking lessons learned from the past seven years to make the new system more like commercial travel booking sites. Vendors have until Oct. 6 to submit bids on this 15-year contract. GSA said 23 agencies have implemented one of three standard online travel systems to a savings of more than $200 million.
The GAO recently completed a five year study of competitive contracting.
When the Office of Management and Budget released its hit list of 26 late and over-budget IT projects this week, not only federal agencies were affected. Trey Hodgkins, vice president for national security and federal procurement policy at TechAmerica, joins the Federal Drive with some answers.
The Pentagon\'s primary purchasing agency is steeling itself for the possible impact of large-scale changes to its budget in the weeks and months ahead as DoD prepares the 2012 budget. The Defense Logistics Agency used a recent conference to inform the vendor community about its plans to save money.
The Labor Department has posted a notice of potential rulemaking that could change hiring processes for contractors.