Contracting
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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 -
A new DoD policy memo demands more data to support the prices the military pays for spare parts. But it only applies to one company.
June 20, 2019 -
The Trump administration said back pay for contractors affected by the shutdown will be too costly and increase the risk of fraud, waste, and improper payments.
June 19, 2019 -
The tanker program is late, but it's costing less than the estimates.
June 17, 2019 -
As part DoD’s move to shore up its supply chain, the Pentagon is developing with industry and other experts a new cybersecurity maturity model that is borrowing from standards like ISO 9000.
June 17, 2019 -
GSA Administrator Emily Murphy joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss MAS consolidation, catalog management and other cornerstone initiatives of her agency's Federal Marketplace Strategy.
June 14, 2019