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
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.
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
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
What are the real impacts of continuing resolutions and government shutdowns? Find out when Attain CIO Simon Szykman and Lohfeld Consulting Group CEO Bob Lohfeld join host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center. March 26, 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.
The General Services Administration has chosen five companies for the first phase of its Centers of Excellence IT modernization initiative at USDA.
The department announced a beta platform called Lighthouse Lab for developers to access tools for creating mobile and web applications.
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners gives his thoughts on a wide range of contracting issues including the latest from the Small Business Administration on size and status re-certifications and the use of OTAs in DoD. March 12, 2018
State Department will begin including a clause in contracts to ensure that vendors are explicitly informed up front of requirements for contractor cooperation with its Office of Inspector General.
DoD releases a draft solicitation and holds an industry day to talk about its new initiative to move to commercial cloud services.
A regulatory change by GSA now lets agencies use the Federal Supply Schedule to pay for order level materials that aren't, themselves, part of the Schedules program.
Mike Sade, a former federal procurement executive, explains why context is so important for agencies and vendors alike.
Emily Murphy, GSA’s administrator, said she didn’t want to roll back the Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) initiative, but see if it could be improved through e-invoicing.
In her first interview since being confirmed, GSA Administrator Emily Murphy expands on her focus areas.