Acquisition
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The new strategy details several requirements for agencies to meet by Aug. 31. The goal is to reduce the amount of money agencies spend on commodity IT and have them spend it on innovations.
May 03, 2012 -
Federal News Radio's Julia Ziegler and Jolie Lee and Sean Reilly of the Federal Times will discuss a wide range of issues affecting workers in the federal government. May 2, 2012
May 02, 2012 -
Defense Department officials have called off large annual contracting-focused conference just weeks before it was set to begin. The invitation-only DoD Procurement Conference and Training Symposium was to have taken place in Orlando, Fla., later this month. However, a departmental notice said officials needed more time to better align the training programs with DoD acquisition policy.
May 01, 2012 -
Coalition for Government Procurement chairman Bill Gormley joins host Roger Waldron to talk about the coalition's recently completed spring conference. May 1, 2012
May 01, 2012 -
Washington Technology Editor in Chief Nick Wakeman joins host Mark Amtower for a wide ranging discussion of the big technology and acquisition stories. APril 30, 2012
April 30, 2012 -
Only one-third of Americans have a favorable opinion of the federal government — the lowest positive rating in 15 years, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.
April 30, 2012 -
A year and a half after embarking on a strategy designed to get more bang for DoD's acquisition bucks, the Pentagon is still struggling to instill the idea that programs should be managed to what they should cost, rather than what they cost today.
April 30, 2012 -
The General Services Administration's Public Buildings Service is combining two contracts into a new BPA for IT and Web development services.
April 27, 2012 -
Paulette Robinson, the iCollege's associate dean for teaching, learning and technology, said the Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds has grown from five members from four federal agencies in 2007 to 3,000 members this year.
April 27, 2012 -
Chris Hummel, the president of Siemens Enterprise Communications North America and the global chief marketing officer, sat down with Francis Rose on Industry Chatter to discuss some trends in mobile technology and mobility at federal agencies.
April 26, 2012 -
Guests on this week's show include defense finance analyst Sopen Shah, congressional analyst Loren Duggan, and technology analysts Afzal Bari and Allan Holmes.
April 26, 2012 -
The Defense Logistics Agency recently sponsored a program to tag microchips with plant DNA. It was so successful that the DLA is adding a second phase.
April 26, 2012 -
Host Mike Causey will talk about the top federal stories with Federal Times reporters Stephen Losey and Sean Reilly. April 25, 2012
April 25, 2012 -
The House is expected to vote on — and pass — the bipartisan Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, which aims to save taxpayer money by tracking spending by federal agencies.
April 25, 2012 -
Host John Gilroy will talk federal IT issues with former White House Chief Information Officer Aneesh Chopra. April 24, 2012
April 24, 2012