Acquisition
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The House is expected to approve a measure repealing a law that withholds 3 percent of government contractors\' payments. The original law was enacted in 2006 to ensure contractors paid their taxes. But it\'s seen its implementation delayed until 2013, and it has grown increasingly unpopular with both Democratic and Republican lawmakers.
October 26, 2011 -
David McClure, associate administrator in the Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technologies at the General Services Administration, moderated a panel at the 2011 Executive Leadership Conference.
October 25, 2011 -
Agency CIOs need to find creative ways to lower the cost of their technology services. DHS is testing the concept of "workplace-as-a-service." OMB soon will issue a new shared services architecture to help agencies understand how best to move to enterprisewide systems.
October 25, 2011 -
The Department of Energy\'s Idaho National Laboratory awarded a contract to Unisys Corporation to transition 5,000 users to Google\'s cloud-based email.
October 25, 2011 -
OPM developing competency models for performance improvement officers and chief operating officers as part of its requirements under the GPRA Modernization Act. DHS moves to agile development to fix the HSIN program. NIST to update HSPD-12 card requirements to meet mobile needs.
October 25, 2011 -
The three agencies have joined a growing number that are offering incentive payments for employees to leave the payroll. Federal News Radio provides a roundup of recent buyout offers.
October 24, 2011 -
Eleven employees and contractors with the U.S. General Services Administration, which manages basic services and buildings for federal agencies, have been sentenced in contracting bribery schemes.
October 24, 2011 -
The agency has launched its Small Biz Cyber Planner to help businesses make a cybersecurity protection plan
October 24, 2011 -
Stan Sloane is President and CEO of Decision Sciences International.
October 24, 2011 -
Fresh off its cloud email transition, Coleman said GSA has taken an agencywide — not just a project- wide— perspective on return on investment for its mobility initiatives.
October 24, 2011 -
Janet Ruck and Karol Taylor, authors of \"Find your Federal Job Fit\", will talk about the book with host Derrick Dortch. October 21, 2011(December 30, 2011)
October 21, 2011 -
Robyn Kehoe, director of field operations for the Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund and Young Government Leaders president Dave Uejio, join Bill Bransford on today\'s show. October 21, 2011
October 21, 2011 -
Mark Amtower, host of Federal News Radio\'s \"Amtower Off Center,\" explains how you can leverage that use to reach agencies.
October 21, 2011 -
Three senators are proposing major reforms to the federal government's acquisition process.
October 21, 2011 -
A new report from an interagency committee shows departments have increased the number of contractors suspended or debarred by at least 150 from 2009 to 2010. The Army, DLA, DHS, EPA and OPM have debarred more vendors than other agencies over the past two years.
October 21, 2011