Acquisition

• GSA proposes change to acquisition regulation vendors loathe

  A proposed rule issued today would change the Price Reduction Clause that most contractors dislike and causes most of the False Claims Act lawsuits. Vendors have 60 days to offer comments and GSA will hold an industry day April 17.

  Management

  March 04, 2015
• Contracting Commandment 9: Thou shalt be flexible and cooperative

  One of the most difficult things to learn is when and where to be flexible in terms of performing a contract, but it's critical if you want to succeed in the long run, says contracting expert Tim Sullivan in a new commentary.

  Management

  March 04, 2015
• IT acquisition challenges in the federal government.

  Van Hitch, senior advisor with Deloitte's Federal Consulting Practice, joins host Roger Waldron to talk about some of the IT acquisition challenges facing federal managers. March 3, 2015

  Off the Shelf

  March 03, 2015
• Arrow Electronics acquires immixGroup

  Arrow Electronics, Inc. signed a deal on Monday to acquire IT solutions provider immixGroup, Inc.

  Technology

  March 03, 2015
• Millisa Gary, Procurement Ombudsmen, GSA

  Can we talk? That's what government and industry have been asking for decades. The answer is yes, and there's plenty of Federal Acquisition Regulation backup for that. Yet the administration thought it needed to launch the mythbusters initiative to get industry and government talking at the pre-solicitation stage. That was followed by last year's Open Dialog initiative. How's it all working? Millisa Gary, the procurement ombudsman at the General Services Administration, joined Tom Temin and Emily Kopp on the Federal Drive to offer some answers.

  Federal Drive

  March 03, 2015
• Paul Bean, Contract Specialist/Business Adviser, TSA

  With tens of thousands of companies doing business with the federal government each year, you'd think it's easy. But in reality, lots of barriers still stand in the way for many companies. "Barrier Busting" is the subject of a special session at today's ACT-IAC conference on acquisition excellence. Paul Bean, a contract specialist and business adviser at the Transportation Security Administration, joined Tom Temin and Emily Kopp on the Federal Drive with more on bringing down the walls.

  Federal Drive

  March 03, 2015
• Frank McNally, Content Developer, ASI Government

  Let's face it. People's eyes glaze over if you tell them you're in federal procurement. It's all a boring mass of rules, regulations and bureaucracy. Right? For the upcoming generation of federal procurement people and the companies they deal with, it's pedal to the metal when it comes to acquisition. Case in point: Frank McNally, content developer at ASI government. He joined Tom Temin and Emily Kopp on the Federal Drive from the ACT-IAC acquisition excellence conference in Washington to explain.

  Federal Drive

  March 03, 2015
• John Marshall, CEO, Shared Services Leadership Coalition

  Everyone seems to agree: The use of shared services could save government agencies a lot of time and money. As the reasoning goes, why should multiple agencies have separate and expensive HR or financial systems all doing essentially the same functions? John Marshall is the founder and CEO of the Shared Services Leadership Coalition. This long-term federal senior executive joined Tom Temin and Emily Kopp on the Federal Drive to share some ideas for shared services.

  Federal Drive

  March 03, 2015
• All things social

  Geoff Livingston, president of Tenacity5 Media will discuss the state of social media with host Mark Amtower. March 2, 2015

  Amtower Off-Center

  March 02, 2015
• Van Hitch, Specialist Leader and Senior Adviser, Deloitte Consulting

  The Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) is now the law of the land. It's a bill designed to shake up the way government buys IT, and now that task is squarely on the shoulders of agency CIOs. Van Hitch, a specialist leader and senior adviser at Deloitte joined Jason Miller on the Federal Drive with more on how they're handling this responsibility.

  Federal Drive

  March 02, 2015
• New HR training contract pushes toward RFP release

  A year after canceling its $2 billion training contract, the Office of Personnel Management is getting closer to finalizing what that new procurement vehicle will look like.

  Acquisition

  March 02, 2015
• GSA telecom tales from a ‘not-for-attribution’ conference

  The General Services Administration extended the Networx contract for three years and released the draft request for proposals for the first major piece of the Network Services 2020 vehicle Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) on Feb. 28.

  Technology

  March 02, 2015
• DHS, GSA kick off CDM task order 2 with $29M deal

  Knowledge Consulting Group will implement tools and services from three vendors on the Homeland Security Department's network.

  Technology

  March 02, 2015
• Tangherlini moves quickly from GSA to new job at private equity real estate firm

  Former GSA Administrator Dan Tangherlini will start a new job as chief operating officer of Artemis Real Estate Partners on March 30.

  Management

  February 27, 2015