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President Donald Trump and members of Congress have stressed the importance of improving government information technology. The questions is whether their proposed budgets match their enthusiasm. Forrester Research provides some new forecasts for technology spending. For highlights, Federal News Radio's Eric White spoke with Forrester research analyst Andrew Bartels on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
March 06, 2017 -
The Army put out a request for information (RFI) looking for vendors who could provide services to find, monitor and remove impostor social media accounts.
March 06, 2017 -
The Coalition for Government Procurement says its imperative to reform GSA's Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) program.
March 03, 2017 -
The House Small Business Committee says it will be focusing this fiscal year on program oversight, improved management, and reducing duplicative efforts.
March 03, 2017 -
When two competing bids come in for one contract, and the winner is tens of millions of dollars higher then the loser, something's up. That's what happened in the case of an Army communications deal. You can guess the result. Procurement attorney Joe Petrillo shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
March 02, 2017 -
When President Donald Trump issued his executive order freezing federal hiring, it contained a clause against using contractors to make up for it. Often these types of rules are leaky. David Berteau, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what services contractors are seeing right now.
February 27, 2017 -
The Office of Personnel Management’s National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB) awarded a contractor for support services in January, but now is facing complaints from two unsuccessful bidders.
February 27, 2017 -
An ongoing court battle over a $182 million contract for Recreation.gov service hasn't stopped the team behind the government site from thinking big, at least when it comes to federal lands and waters data.
February 23, 2017 -
The General Services Administration released a request for information asking for input from the data community for other potential ways to validate and verify vendors.
February 21, 2017 -
Federal contractors can be forgiven if they're a little unsure of what to do over the next year. Between President Trump's tweets about major defense contractors and uncertainty over future General Services Administration policy, conditions are bit dicey at the moment. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, offers his take on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
February 20, 2017 -
Government Information Technology Executive Council President Sean Kelley and Lou Anne Brossman, a member of council's Executive Advisory Board, join host Mark Amtower to the upcoming GITEC summit and the value of networking in GovCon. February 20, 2017
February 19, 2017 -
DISA is hurrying up its work to deliver unified capabilities to the Defense Department nearly a year early.
February 13, 2017 -
Stan Krejci, principal at the SK Group LLC, joins host Mark Amtower this week's on Amtower Off Center to explain why small businesses need a strong board of advisors. February 13, 2017
February 12, 2017 -
FBI Chief Information Officer Gordon Bitko is working to encourage innovation within agency standards while modernizing and consolidating enterprise IT services. Bitko discussed all of this and more with Federal News Radio's Jason Miller on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
February 08, 2017 -
The Trump administration's policies on procurement and information technology haven't quite come into focus. But signs say new Office of Management and Budget leadership might restrict use of certain contracts and contracting vehicles. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, shares more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
February 06, 2017