Acquisition
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The General Services Administration is working to conform to a Presidential order mandating that companies who sell goods and services to the Federal government reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Ten months after that order was issued, GSA now has a green light from the White House to proceed with a voluntary, phased-in, incentive-driven program to get companies who sell to GSA to report their greenhouse gas footprint. And one industry trade group weighs in on the recommendations.
July 20, 2010 -
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Al Burman, president of Jefferson Consulting, talks with host Larry Allen this week. July 20, 2010
July 19, 2010 -
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The FBI has again paused work on the deployment of a multi-million dollar case-management system called Sentinel. Washingtonian.com is reporting that the bureau has extended a partial stop-work order that was first issued in March.
July 19, 2010 -
This week’s Federal News Countdown panel is a great one: —Lisa Mascolo, managing director of Accenture’s U.S. federal business —Julie Myers Wood, President of ICS Consulting, LLC Here are the stories we’re counting down this…
July 16, 2010 -
Dozens of communities nationwide will soon enjoy major transit improvements, including new streetcars, buses, and transit facilities. Federal Transit Administration head Peter Rogoff gives us the details.
July 16, 2010 -
Agency leaders say a commitment hiring and training contract oversight personnel is an important step towards balancing the federal budget and increasing efficiency. They highlight several creative cost-cutting measures being undertaken government-wide.
July 16, 2010 -
by Meg Beasley Federal News Radio Your agency’s training budget is the second most likely target for the chopping block – surpassed only by travel – but you’re facing mandates to increase workplace performance. Today’s…
July 15, 2010 -
If outsourcing is the answer, what should be the question? We hear from Commissioner Grant Green of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
July 15, 2010 -
Cybersecurity Awareness Challenge winners announced, Northrop takes home the Hoyt Vandenberg Award
July 15, 2010 -
Buyers in the Defense Department who bundle small contracts into larger ones will have to post their actions on the Web. Bundling is the subject of a new interim rule. Roger Waldron, Counsel at the law firm Mayer Brown, explains.
July 15, 2010 -
Steve Kempf talks with DorobekInsider about what he hopes to accomplish as head of GSA\'s FAS.
July 14, 2010 -
Larry Allen of the Coalition for Government Procurement tells us more.
July 13, 2010 -
The State Department\'s plan to use private contractors in Iraq after after the troops withdraw next year is ‘not adequate,\' according to a report issued Monday.
July 13, 2010