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Sally Long with the Open Group Trusted Technology Forum, Cisco Systems' Edna Conway, and IBM's Andras Szakal join host Roger Waldron to discuss how the forum is addressing the challenges of supply chain risk managment in the federal government. July 19, 2016
July 22, 2016 -
The Defense Department settled on two firms to manage the latest generation of its TRICARE health insurance system Thursday, picking Health Net Federal Services and Humana Military for contracts worth up to $18 billion and $41 billion, respectively, over nearly six years.
July 21, 2016 -
With all of the regulations on contractors either established or in the works, companies are tempted to let someone else do their federal selling for them. Even if you use resellers and other third parties, you're not off the hook. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin to think twice about contractor exit or credit.
July 18, 2016 -
The Defense Department is heading to Washington and California to bond with its partners and get IT news straight from tech companies' mouths.
July 18, 2016 -
GSA awarded two task orders to ManTech and Knowledge Consulting Group to provide continuous monitoring-as-a-service and privileged management services under the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program.
July 18, 2016 -
Rep. Mark Meadows wants to see improved reporting on the results of grants, both qualitative and quantitative, to reduce instances of waste within 60 days.
July 15, 2016 -
Federal PCs have been stuffed with Microsoft applications since time immemorial. Now more and more users want the cloud versions. But the IRS found that an existing license maintenance contract didn't give it access to the cloud. Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of the law firm Petrillo and Powell offers his insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 14, 2016 -
The leader of the Strategic Capabilities Office says acquisition can be bettered through looser requirements.
July 13, 2016 -
Northrop Grumman filed its second protest over the Homeland Security Department’s decision to award Raytheon the DOMino contract.
July 11, 2016 -
Federal contracting and business experts say more communication as well as a retrained and rebuilt acquisition workforce is needed to ensure government is getting the best deal on purchases.
July 08, 2016 -
The United States is hiring contractors to maintain aircraft in Afghanistan to keep the number of deployed troops lower.
July 06, 2016 -
A Supreme Court ruling says that when a company submits an invoice to the government, it says a lot more than simply goods or services were delivered. It implies a lot of promises that can get them in trouble. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, shares more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin
July 05, 2016 -
The Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee’s annual report showed fewer suspensions and debarments, and an increased use of “show cause” letters to solve potential problems.
July 04, 2016 -
Carl Dickson, founder of CapturePlanning.com and PropLIBRARY, joins host Mark Amtower to discuss the state of business development, capture and bidding/proposals in the federal government. July 11, 2016
July 02, 2016 -
Cameron Leuthy and Dan Snyder from Bloomberg Government join host Roger Waldron to discuss the state of the federal procurement market. July 5, 2016
July 01, 2016