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Visible Thread has been working for years on using automated analysis tools to improve the request for proposals writing process. Visible Thread CEO Fergal McGovern tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin that federal procurement documents are incomprehensible.
Roger Waldron, president of The Coalition for Government Procurement, says GSA's Multiple Awards Schedule (MAS) program can provide streamlined government access to the commercial marketplace on behalf of customer agencies.
In the case of fixed fee contracts, you pay even if the contractor finds a way to get it done cheaper. No use protesting. That's what the Energy Department found out the hard way. Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell fills in all the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Senior officials with the Treasury Department and the Office of Management and Budget say the answer of whether or not the May 2017 full roll-out of the DATA Act is more complicated than a simple yes or no.
The General Services Administration is soliciting industry input on how to buy office supplies differently through the multiple award schedules. Some in industry say GSA is reacting to continued challenges with the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (FSSI).
Sen. Claire McCaskill, ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, requested that the Government Accountability Office assess the Army’s contracting process, including accountability and oversight.
A whole industry grew up locally known as the Beltway Bandits. But 21st century innovation has brought all sorts of new competition from outside the area. Venture capitalist Jonathan Aberman has studied this for a forthcoming report on regional development. He provides a preview on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
The Government Accountability Office looked at 21 large cloud contracts across five cabinet level departments, and found only seven met all of the industry best practices for service level agreements. David Powner, GAO’s director for IT management issues, with Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about how GAO selected those best practices, and why agencies should be following them.
John Hill, the Bureau of Fiscal Service’s assistant commissioner for payments and chief disbursing officer, said agencies are getting ahead of the OMB deadline to move to electronic invoice processing by 2018 by moving to the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP).
The General Services Administration is making moves to enhance its own knowledge of categories. Larry Allen of Allen Federal Business Partners tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin how this could in turn benefit contractors.
Business groups are looking warily at yet another proposed new rule from the Obama administration. This one would require contractors to have mandatory paid sick leave. John McNerney, general counsel at the Mechanical Contrators Association of America, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the new rule could damage contracts with the government.
The Defense Department is trying to be more transparent in the way it prices contracts.
What are the biggest cyber issues facing feds? Find out when cyber guru Bob Gourley joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center. April 11, 2016
A series of new tools and information guides from the General Services Administration are designed to help vendors and start-ups use IT Schedule 70 more easily and quickly.