Acquisition
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The bill (S.2198), introduced Thursday by Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), would cap contractors\' pay at $400,000 and apply that cap to all contract employees — not just top executives.
March 16, 2012 -
Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Steve Kempf is bringing in Jim Ghiloni to run the new professional services contract.
March 16, 2012 -
n 2007, 75 percent of the Air Force\'s service contracts were awarded through competitive procurements. By last year, that had fallen to 59 percent.
March 16, 2012 -
The administration now will release a digital services strategy in April instead of just one for mobile computing. The document will bring together two efforts, mobile and .gov reform. Agencies are trying to avoid mistakes made when they entered the PC-era by ensuring a mission need for these devices.
March 16, 2012 -
Agency CIO Robert Osborn is improving the network and cybersecurity. He said the cloud of clouds approach gives the National Nuclear Security Administration the security and flexibility they need to meet their mission. March 15, 2012
March 15, 2012 -
FAS Commissioner Steve Kempf and PBS Commissioner Bob Peck participated in a panel discussion moderated by In Depth host Francis Rose at an event hosted by AFFIRM and GITEC.
March 15, 2012 -
The service\'s CIO Terry Halvorsen said the goal is to bring together the purchasing power of the Navy and the Marines Corps to obtain lower prices. He said the Department of the Navy expects to save $100 million over five years. Navy senior officials from technology, acquisition and finance make the use of these enterprisewide contracts mandatory.
March 15, 2012 -
The four sitting commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission have \"grave concerns\" about a House committee\'s plan to relocate the agency out of its historic Pennsylvania Ave. location into a privately held building in Southwest, Washington D.C. Eileen Harrington, FTC\'s executive director, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss a plan in Congress that would require the FTC to relocate to make room for the National Gallery of Art.
March 14, 2012 -
Host Roger Waldron and Jim Schweiter, partner at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP will talk about legislation affecting the contracting community. March 13, 2012
March 13, 2012 -
Shawn Osborne previously servied as president, CEO and director of Ulticom Inc., according to a TechAmerica release.
March 13, 2012 -
Michael Chase, the former executive director for human capital at the Defense Contract Management Agency, said the good news is human beings are not resistant to change. The bad news is they won\'t change unless there is an imperative to do so.
March 13, 2012 -
Peg and Claudia Hosky of Hosky Communications and FedInsider talk about ways to raise your profile with government agencies. March 12, 2012
March 12, 2012 -
New changes to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement rules for contractor business systems are now in effect. Under the new rules, the government will withhold five percent of a contractor\'s payment if any of the company\'s business systems are found to be \"deficient\" by the Defense Contract Audit Agency. Brian Waagner, a partner at Husch Backwell, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the changes and how they affect contractors.
March 12, 2012 -
Balancing government requirements and commercial best practices in the next generation of Multiple Awards Schedules could be a big boost for the General Services Administration. Roger Waldron, the president of the Coalition for Government Procurement, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss his analysis.
March 12, 2012 -
The Army and Marine Corps will be in the market for a new generation of ground vehicles soon. But acquisition officials there should think hard before they buy, according to Dr. Andrew Krepinevich, the president of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. Krepinevich discussed the trends likely to impact the development of combat vehicles.
March 12, 2012