Acquisition
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Lisa Doyle, chancellor of the VA Acquisition Academy, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about an internship for returning veterans who want to be contracting specialists.
January 31, 2012 -
The White House wants to reduce the amount of money agencies pay contractors for executive salaries to $200,000 from $694,000.
January 31, 2012 -
KippsDeSanto Managing Director Kevin DeSanto joins host Mark Amtower for a wide ranging discussion of the merger and acquisition market. January 30, 2012(Encore presentation March 26, 2012)
January 30, 2012 -
Homeland security and economic wellbeing will be increasingly tied together in the coming year, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in prepared remarks for a speech at a National Press Club luncheon Monday. In addition to the relationship between security and trade, Napolitano discussed the increasing role the agency plays in cybersecurity.
January 30, 2012 -
Marco Giamberardino, senior director of the Federal and Heavy Construction Division at the Associated General Contractors of America, discusses the administration\'s efforts to streamline the federal permitting process.
January 30, 2012 -
Richard Spires said the Homeland Security Department has more than 130 human resources systems and that\'s too many. He said an intra agency group recently completed a segment architecture of HR technology to figure out where they can consolidate systems and find savings. January 26, 2012
January 26, 2012 -
Joe Brown, president and co-founder of Accelera Solutions, an IT contracting company focused on virtualization, joined Industry Chatter with Francis Rose to discuss virtualization.
January 26, 2012 -
General Services Administration is teaming up with other agencies to solicit bids from energy providers via online auctions. GSA\'s New England Region administrator details the savings his office has reaped from the program.
January 25, 2012 -
President Barack Obama has adopted a new strategy declaring for the first time that the United States has a national security interest to protect the nation\'s economic goods against terrorists, criminals and natural disasters in all corners of the globe.
January 25, 2012 -
Guident Executive Vice President Dan Ackerman and Senior Vice President Ken Raffel join host John Gilroy to talk about how business intelligence is changing. January 24, 2012
January 24, 2012 -
Larry Allen, the president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss why he sees investment in FedBid as a dubious development.
January 24, 2012 -
Steve Kelman, a professor of public management at Harvard University\'s Kennedy School of Government, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss contract terms and why vagueness may actually help.
January 24, 2012 -
Under the five-year, $20.7 million contract, CGI will provide public-cloud hosting and transition services.
January 24, 2012 -
President Barack Obama announced a slate of nominees for administration posts, including three in key Defense Department positions. They include nominees for the Pentagon\'s personnel and policy chiefs and the department\'s chief weapons buyer.
January 23, 2012 -
Jennifer Hazelman, who manages GSA\'s Carbon Footprint Tool, explains how a simple commuter survey can help agencies find ways ways to reduce greenhouse gases at their work site or facility.
January 23, 2012