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Contractors will have to give employees paid sick leave under an executive order the New York Times reports President Barack Obama will sign. Josh Alloy is counsel for Arnold and Porter's labor and employment group. He writes an advisory about what companies will have to do and what they should be planning to do. Alloy tells In Depth with Francis Rose that the scope of the executive order is pretty comprehensive.
August 13, 2015 -
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A measure of the health and strength of the government contracting industry is available through the GovCon Index. Executive Mosaic calculates it every day the stock market is open. Ross Wilkers is the newsroom editor of Executive Mosaic. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose how you can use it to gauge the gov con space.
August 13, 2015 -
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New guidance on protecting non-sensitive information from federal contractors is out from the CIO and CAO Councils. It would require that contractors follow a specific NIST Special Publication for protecting their information. The Office of Management and Budget is asking agencies and vendors now for feedback. Final guidance is expected later in the fall. Nick Nayak is former chief procurement officer at the Homeland Security Department. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that the councils are looking to address incident reporting, information system assessments, and information security continuous monitoring.
August 12, 2015 -
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Outgoing Army chief of staff Gen. Ray Odierno warns today, as he leaves his uniform behind, the military is risking its long-term viability to meet short-term demands. He’s worried about the Army’s readiness to engage in complex fights — its overall size — and a continuing squeeze on acquisition funding. More from Federal News Radio’s DoD reporter Jared Serbu.
August 12, 2015 -
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Federal contracting officers don't bargain hard enough, and aren't getting the best deals for the government. That's according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. And government buyers often don't seen enough competitive bids for products or services, even though it's generally required by law and regulation. Bill Woods is the Director of Acquisition and Sourcing Management Issues at GAO. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on the report.
August 12, 2015 -
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Agencies are under an Aug. 15 deadline to describe how they’ll implement the a key part of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act. As part of a forthcoming FITARA dashboard, OMB wants to broadcast those plans as widely as possible.
August 12, 2015 -
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This coming Saturday marks the first major deadline for agencies to begin to implement the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act, or FITARA. They’ll need to send the Office of Management and Budget detailed plans for how they intend to boost the authority and accountability of their chief information officers. Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu has more on what OMB’s looking for in those plans and how it intends to make sure agencies stick to them.
August 11, 2015 -
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Four associations representing federal contractors sent a polite, but terse, letter to the White House Tuesday saying they’ve had enough with executive orders issued by President Barack Obama that target their member companies.
August 11, 2015 -
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Federal contracting officers don't negotiate hard enough for the best deals for the government, a new report from the Government Accountability Office says.
August 11, 2015 -
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Robert Coen, director of the NIH GWAC management office NITTAAC, discusses the just awarded CIO-CS and other GWACs. August 10, 2015
August 10, 2015 -
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Adm. Paul Zukunft says he’s highly optimistic that more money is coming to help recapitalize his fleet. The House and Senate have yet to agree to a 2016 appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security, but he said his discussions with leaders of both parties from the two congressional appropriations committees suggest his service will get a robust plus-up.
August 10, 2015 -
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Tom Sharpe, the commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service at GSA, said the agency is working through comments from contractors to try to find the best approach possible to reporting data on schedule buys.
August 06, 2015 -
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The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service has a new vision. It’s going to be the place where contracting officers and other acquisition workers can go for unbiased advice and find the best value to get their mission done. FAS’ updated goal coincides with the launch of the Obama administration’s category management initiative. Tom Sharpe is the commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service at GSA. In part 1 of their interview, he tells executive editor Jason Miller more about how FAS is helping to bring better insight into the 10 biggest areas of spending across the government.
August 05, 2015 -
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GSA and the Naval Sea Systems Command released a blanket purchase agreement and the first task order under that contract vehicle to provide a host of credit monitoring and identity protection services for those affected by the OPM data breach. The number of potential victims increased to 28 million.
August 05, 2015
