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The Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards honor many of the individuals and businesses among the region’s government contractors. The awards are co-sponsored by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council. Between now and Nov. 5, Federal News Radio is interviewing the finalists for this year’s awards. Doug Duenkel is the chief operating officer at Knight Point Systems and a finalist for this year's Executive of the Year award in the $75-to-$300 million in sales category. He reviews a bit of the company's history.
Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates acknowledged the rationale for reforms which centralized big decisions within the DoD acquisition system.
Some members of industry say the Government Publishing Office is taking advantage of a loophole in Title 44 of the U.S. Code, which lets GPO produce secure credential cards as a core agency function.
The House has passed a bill supporters say will streamline the agency's many moving parts by making management leaner and more efficient.
On this edition of Columbia Technology Partners’ Ready To Prime, Allen Scott is joined byMary Ostman, a retired contracting officer with 38 years of DoD experience under her belt.
A big concern for government buyers is the integrity of parts, mainly integrated circuits, sold by electronics manufacturers and distributors. The requirement to ensure supply-chain security was written into the last couple of defense authorization bills. Vince Crisler is a partner at Fortalice Solutions and the CEO of Dark Cubed. He joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on how to implement supply-chain cybersecurity.
Last month, the Government Accountability Office detailed the cybersecurity risks posed by small-business contractors and how they increase the chances for breaches of Defense Department agencies. GAO recommended the department's Office of Small Business Programs provide cybersecurity education to its small-business partners. But do smaller contractors in fact pose a higher risk, or is that just a common misconception? Maria Horton is the CEO of EmeSec. Her recent blog post for Signal Magazine had several pieces of advice for small contractors.
The annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Congress sent to President Barack Obama on Tuesday contains nearly 100 separate provisions intended to reform the Defense Department's acquisition system. But that’s just the start, say Capitol Hill’s top two Defense legislators.
Consolidation of PC buying and category management have their antecedents in last century's Air Force IDIQs.
The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program has dragged on for nearly a decade, with bidders spending millions and millions just for run-off prototypes. No wonder there's a protest.
A new report highlights the Defense Department's challenges in adopting cloud services, and what it's doing to overcome them.
The federal government is running your business. If you're a contractor doing work for the federal government, it might seem that way. The Professional Services Council says an influx of executive orders and legislation have placed a heavy burden on contractors to comply. Alan Chvotkin is executive vice president and counsel for the Professional Services Council. He writes about this in the October issue of PSC's Service Contractor Magazine.
The General Services Administration on Oct. 16 released a 15-year, $50 billion telecommunications solicitation as the follow-on to the Networx contract. GSA hopes to avoid the mistakes it made with Networx with the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions vehicle.
The service is implementing one of the few alternatives it has to a base realignment and closure (BRAC) round: moving soldiers and civilians out of its oldest buildings and shuttering them.