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In today's Federal Newscast, an arbitrator finds the Veterans Affairs Department should take down a public record of employee firings and other punishments from its website.
June 07, 2019 -
Oracle filed a new motion for its protest of DoD’s JEDI cloud procurement after new details emerged on Amazon Web Service’s job offer to two former officials.
June 07, 2019 -
The government might have the right to suspend or even debar contractors for three years, but contractors can and do sue when it happens.
June 06, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, House and Senate lawmakers have taken steps to prevent a White House proposal which would result in about 1,000 layoffs at the U.S. Forest Service.
June 05, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Government Accountability Office says agency spending on products and services in 2018 reached its highest level in seven years.
June 04, 2019 -
The president of PM Consulting Group said to be successful in the federal market, small firms have to think less about agency goals and more about how to solve specific business problems.
June 04, 2019 -
For just how much, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to Bloomberg Government senior data analyst Paul Murphy.
June 04, 2019 -
With OMB poised to have more agencies to make the switch to shared services for back-office functions, chief information officers at smaller agencies say they’re on board with the plan.
May 31, 2019 -
A recent White House executive order on communications supply chain security seemed aimed at a controversial Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer.
May 31, 2019 -
Roger Waldron of the Coalition for Government Procurement says raising the Micro-Purchase Threshold from $10,000 to $25,000 for purchases through the Section 846 pilot could expand the market by billions.
May 31, 2019 -
Market Connections President Aaron Heffron joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the findings in his company's recently released 2019 Content Marketing Review.
May 30, 2019 -
Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo, of Petrillo and Powell, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin with lessons learned from this long-running case.
May 30, 2019 -
To help ease the administrative burden on Border Patrol agents, U.S. Customs and Border Protection is creating a new position for handling the processing of border apprehensions.
May 29, 2019 -
Rebecca Shea, director of GAO's forensic audits and investigation service, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for the findings.
May 28, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress approved its first round of recommendations.
May 28, 2019