Acquisition
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Verizon will design and manage a private Internet protocol network for the Postal Service under a new six-year agreement. The New York-based telecom has provided IT services for the agency for two decades.
January 10, 2012 -
Improving contract management and workforce development and training the most important areas federal chief acquisition officers and senior procurement executives are focusing on in 2012.
January 10, 2012 -
John Hutton, the director of acquisition and sourcing management issues at GAO, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the watchdog agency's latest report, which focused on service contracts.
January 09, 2012 -
Kevin Plexico, vice president of Federal Information Services at Deltek, will talk about a wide variety of issues, when he joins host Mark Amtower on today's show. January 9, 2012(Encore presentation February 13, 2012)
January 09, 2012 -
Roger Waldron, the president of the Coalition for Government Procurement, said the members of his group, which include many of the largest players in the industry, are already preparing for how they'll shift gears. He joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss how the new strategy affects the contracting sphere.
January 09, 2012 -
The Joint Authorization Board releases specific requirements around each of the security controls for FedRAMP for systems needing low and moderate security levels. GSA and IAC will hold an industry day Wednesday.
January 09, 2012 -
Congressional gridlock and \"stalling economic growth\" could combine to put a freeze on many new federal leasing options, a recent report from Jones Lang LaSalle predicts. Kevin Wayer, co-president of the public institutes practice at Jones Lang LaSalle, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss what the federal real estate market could look like in the coming year.
January 09, 2012 -
The company will pay $155,000 to settle claims that one of its employees harassed another with daily derogatory sex-based comments. DynCorp denies any wrongdoing and says the alleged harasser is no longer an employee.
January 09, 2012 -
A long-range stealth bomber may be the only major new program in the foreseeable future given the $490 billion the Pentagon must cut from it\'s budget over the next decade. The \"optionally manned\" aircraft will be first new bomber design since Northrop Grumman\'s B-2 nearly 30 years ago.
January 09, 2012 -
Federal acquisition consultant ASI Government has purchased Frontline Solutions Corporation, a technical assistance company that provides support services to the intelligence community and the Defense Department.
January 09, 2012 -
Avue Technologies Co-CEO Linda Rix talks federal hiring with host Derrick Dortch. January 6, 2012
January 07, 2012 -
The service hires eight vendors to provide private cloud computing services.
January 06, 2012 -
The federal technology budget hit $78 billion last year. And few expect the IT budget this year to feel the budget pinch many other programs are facing. Deltek\'s Kevin Plexico has a breakdown of who wins - and who loses - from the IT budget.
January 06, 2012 -
Cristina Chaplain, director of Acquisition and Sourcing Management at the Government Accountability Office and follows the Defense Missile Agency, joined The Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on what this move means.
January 06, 2012 -
The Defense Information Systems Agency has granted approval for Android-based mobile devices to connect to DoD networks, provided they\'re secured using a specific set of guidelines
January 05, 2012