Acquisition

  • Host Derrick Dortch will talk about federal hiring with John Palguta, vice president for Policy at the Partnership for Public Service. December 16, 2011(Encore presentation December 23, 2011)

    December 17, 2011
  • Gen. John Jumper, the former Air Force chief of staff, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the past, present and future of the aerial inventory on the heels of the announcement that the F-22 order is now complete.

    December 16, 2011
  • \"Crawl before you can walk. Walk before you can run.\" That\'s how Federal CIO Steve VanRoekel framed his 2012 priorities in his first speech to government IT contractors in Washington. He said agencies would have to do \"more with less,\" but he wanted to emphasize the \"more.\"

    December 16, 2011
  • Army Lt. Col. Camilla White, the deputy program manager for the GCSS, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss some IT-acquisition best practices learned from her experiences with the Increment 7 investment.

    December 16, 2011
  • The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Amy Morris discuss throughout the show each day. The Newscast is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com users more information about the stories you hear on the air.

    December 16, 2011
  • Jim Beaupre, a principal at Jim Beaupre Federal Consulting, shared his perspective on how contractors are coping with Congressional budget quarreling and adapting to an era of tighter budgets. Beaupre joined Francis Rose for an interview on Industry Chatter.

    December 15, 2011
  • The latest version of the minibus spending bill for fiscal 2012 includes a $4.4 million increase for the E-Government Fund.

    December 15, 2011
  • The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Amy Morris discuss throughout the show each day. The Newscast is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com users more information about the stories you hear on the air.

    December 15, 2011
  • Glenn San Giacomo, a senior vice president and business unit general manager at SAIC, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the ins and outs of successful supply chain management. SAIC was recently awarded a supply chain contract by the DLA to provide land and aircraft tires.

    December 14, 2011
  • The agency releases a RFI and will hold an industry day in January for the situational awareness and incident response tier III contract. DHS expects to create a qualified products list for the rest of the government to use.

    December 14, 2011
  • Host Roger Waldron is joined by Martha Johnson, administrator for the General Services Administration. December 13, 2011(Encore presentation December 27, 2011)

    December 13, 2011
  • Martha Dorris, the deputy associate administrator of GSA\'s Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, told In Depth with Francis Rose that Search.USA.gov doesn\'t compete with commercial search giants, such as Google. Instead, the site relies on the commercial search providers to get information seekers on government sites, where USASearch can act as a \"traffic cop\" directing them to the most high-value content.

    December 13, 2011
  • Federal News Radio obtained copies of the IT budget passback guidance and a more specific draft shared-services strategy. Both documents show OMB has a detailed plan for shared services despite asking for industry and agency input. Former federal officials say the shared-services strategy is part of waking up the dormant line of business and e-government initiatives.

    December 13, 2011
  • Bill Woods, the director of acquisition and sourcing management issues at GAO, directed a team that reviewed seven defense companies and their internal audit processes. He joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the findings of the report.

    December 12, 2011