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GSA outlined its strategy to award multiple contracts to e-marketplace providers and pilot this approach with open market products that fall under the micro-purchase threshold of $10,000.
July 02, 2019 -
The Professional Services Council, an industry association, asked the Senate Appropriations Committee to limit the type of work Federally-Funded Research and Development Centers can do for DoD.
July 01, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Management and Budget has given agencies a timeline to switch from paper records, to electronic records.
July 01, 2019 -
The Court of Federal Claims is scheduled to hear oral arguments from government, AWS and Oracle lawyers on July 10 over JEDI, DoD’s $10 billion cloud procurement.
June 28, 2019 -
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. When the government gets super specific in a request for proposals, it’s got to be equally specific…
June 27, 2019 -
Soraya Correa, chief procurement officer for the Department of Homeland Security, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off he Shelf to discuss DHS procurement, including how the agency's strategic investments in acquisition workforce training and development are delivering best value mission support across the department.
June 25, 2019 -
DoD's general purpose cloud is coming later than expected.
June 25, 2019 -
A wide spectrum of agencies has stressed the need to speed up procurement and solicit ideas on how to make the process more innovative to ensure they’re not signing up to buy yesterday’s technology tomorrow.
June 24, 2019 -
Bob Gemmill, vice president of Strategic Sourcing at Leidos, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss how subcontractors can build a more strategic relationship with his company, and how Leidos selects and works with VARs.
June 24, 2019 -
Amy Haseltine, the deputy chief information officer for enterprise services at HHS, said the agency brought a cross-agency team together to focus on how best to apply the tenets of FITARA to improve mission delivery.
June 24, 2019 -
Larry Allen, of Allen Federal Business Partners, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to explain how.
June 24, 2019 -
Justice Department and Amazon Web Services attorneys filed separate responses highlighting what they say are false or misleading claims made by Oracle in its Court of Federal Claims protest.
June 21, 2019 -
GSA's call for industry input on extending its Acquisition Regulation clauses 552.216-75 is an opportunity to continue increasing efficiency of the MAS program.
June 21, 2019 -
The Air Force's long-running aerial refueling tanker is three years behind schedule. But because of the way it structured the deal, the cost is less than the original estimates.
June 20, 2019 -
Attorney Robert Metzger, co-author of the Mitre Deliver Uncompromised Report, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin in the studio for the details.
June 20, 2019