Contracts/Awards
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Guy Timberlake, chief visionary officer of The American Small Business Coalition, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss some of the big issues affecting small business contractors. January 23, 2017
January 15, 2017 -
Mike Pullen, director of Strategic Operations at CGI, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the current state of communication between government and industry. January 10, 2017
January 12, 2017 -
Multiple industry sources confirmed that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will not to take part in the pilot test that was expected to begin in 2017. That decision comes as GSA’s 18F awards Equifax a contract for identity proofing and fraud detection.
January 09, 2017 -
NASA SEWP Program Manager Joanne Woytek and Allen Federal President Larry Allen join host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss SEWP activity in 2016 and how GWACs help CIOs with FITARA. January 9, 2017
January 08, 2017 -
When the Defense Department recently awarded two giant contracts to manage health care services, it had smooth sailing in spite of protests. That's a marked contrast from five years ago when several awards were overturned on protest. Procurement attorney Joe Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on how they managed things in 2016.
January 05, 2017 -
U.S. Cyber Command is creating a 10 person team to handle the $75 million a year it will have for acquisition.
January 03, 2017 -
Comments were due last week on a Defense Department rule concerning government use of unclassified contractor information. It may have been mistletoe and egg-nog time, but that didn't prevent the Professional Services Council from weighing in. Alan Chvotkin, PSC's executive vice president and counsel, fills in Federal Drive with Tom Temin on all the details.
January 03, 2017 -
One of the main tenets of the Pentagon's Better Buying Power initiative is changing procurement for the better.
January 02, 2017 -
Cornell University history professor and author Barry Strauss joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss marketing and business leadership strategies learned from military lessons. January 2, 2017
December 31, 2016 -
Government would grind to a halt faster without contractors than without a permanent budget bill. Yet like their federal employee counterparts, contractors spend a lot of time trying to interpret the tea leaves as the Trump administration prepares to take over. Especially information technology companies. With what contractors are expecting and hoping, Trey Hodgkins, senior vice president for the public sector at the Information Technology Industry Council, fills in Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 29, 2016 -
Through executive orders, the White House enacted more than a half dozen significant changes on matters ranging from nondiscrimination against LGBT employees to minimum wage rules affecting contractors. All of them are likely targets for repeal by the Trump administration. Ken Rosenberg, a partner at the law firm Fox Rothschild talks with Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about what’s ahead.
December 29, 2016 -
The General Services Administration seems to be making it tougher for certain contractors to do business with the government. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Group, tells Federal News Radio's Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin what new stipulations GSA is implementing that may leave some companies out to dry.
December 27, 2016 -
The Air Force awarded a $31 million contract to review more than 100 command and control systems for cyber vulnerabilities.
December 27, 2016 -
Maria Horton, CEO, of EmeSec, joins host Mark Amtower to discuss some of the big issues facing small contractors, including cybersecurity, marketing and why partnering may be better than going for a prime spot on some contracts. December 26, 2016
December 25, 2016 -
The Marine Corps is rolling out a system that allows service members in the field to pinpoint enemies for fire support.
December 23, 2016