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Jason Workmaster, off counsel at Covington & Burling LLP, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss the state of commercial item contracting. November 3, 2015
November 03, 2015 -
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Congress decided yesterday what programs will get a haircut in freeing up $5 billion in defense spending. Among the programs is the Long Range Strike Bomber and defense readiness increases.
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Rep. Will Hurd, the chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Information Technology, plans to release the first set of grades for agencies on how they are implementing the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act, and the news isn’t good for many agencies.
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The U.S. government says it's the world’s biggest customer. When you add all of its spending together, it might have a point. But right or wrong, that claim is rubbing some vendors the wrong way. Roger Waldron, president of the Coalition for Government Procurement, explained it all to In Depth with Francis Rose.
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The Defense Information Systems Agency told industry that it needs to reduce the number of procurements it runs and become more efficient in how it manages existing programs. DISA must find 7-to-10 percent savings each year in overhead costs.
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Federal contractors who want to win in 2016 are wasting no time hunting for opportunities. In some cases, they don't have to look far. Agencies spell them out in seminars or publish them online. Brian Friel is a government contracts analyst at Bloomberg Government. He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on where to run down the potential sales.
November 02, 2015 -
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Sean Gallagher, the NASA Glenn Research Center chief information officer, said the OMB cyber sprint is helping his center change its perspective not only with cyber, but with cloud and mobility too.
November 02, 2015 -
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The Defense Department is conducting a study that looks at pairing the agency with industry to manufacture trusted microelectronics.
October 30, 2015 -
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Agencies are slowly beginning to embrace that a culture change among top management is coming, as they begin to implement FITARA. Federal CIO Tony Scott said he's pleased overall with the plans agencies have submitted to the Office of Management and Budget so far.
October 30, 2015 -
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The General Services Administration's new push to consolidate services contracts comes about because of another governmentwide contracting initiative. Federal News Radio reports GSA will try to consolidate many expiring services contracts into a few multiple-award contracts. Tiffany Hixson is commissioner for Region 10 in GSA's Federal Acquisition Service and she oversees all of GSA's governmentwide professional support service schedule contracts like the Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services contract known as MOBIS. She told In Depth with Francis Rose the effort to remake the services contracts started within GSA and another big contracting initiative is driving it.
October 30, 2015 -
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A huge number of professional services contracts are due to expire across the government during fiscal 2016. By the General Services Administration's accounting, $26 billion worth of contracts are due to run out over the next year and GSA sees it as the perfect chance to reduce some duplication in service contracting vehicles. There are thousands of them across government and consolidate that work into a smaller number of multiple-award contracting vehicles. Bob Lohfeld is CEO of the Lohfeld Consulting Group, joined Jared Serbu on In Depth with Francis Rose to talk about a busy year ahead for service contract competition.
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Casey Kelley, John Cavadias and Richard Blake, members of GSA's Alliant 2 management team will discuss the program's overall acquisition strategy and goals. October 27, 2015
October 29, 2015 -
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Creating more government innovation won't come without some creativity, some agency and industry experts say. Adam Tarsi, chief of staff of DoD's Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office, said agencies should widen their approach and position itself as an incubator for startup companies.
October 29, 2015 -
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Low margins and skimpy new contracting opportunities are driving federal vendors toward mergers and acquisitions. That's what a new survey from Grant Thornton and the Professional Services Council seems to say. It shows why consolidation keeps happening among contractors. Rich LaFleur is a managing partner with Grant Thornton, and helped lead the survey. He tells executive editor Jason Miller why so many vendors are looking to get out of the federal market.
October 29, 2015
