Contracting
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Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss some of the big issues facing small contractors, including the impact of "best in class" contracts and the Section 809 Panel recommendation on set-asides.
April 05, 2019 -
Customs and Border Protection has ended a controversial contract with Accenture Federal Services, the contractor the agency brought on to help CBP recruit and hire hundreds of new Border Patrol agents and officers.
April 05, 2019 -
The General Services Administration will host an industry day on April 18 to detail initial thoughts around a new contract writing system.
April 05, 2019 -
That's what happened in one case, and procurement attorney Joe Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell had more to say about it on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 05, 2019 -
The Coalition believes that a single award approach is asynchronous to normal commercial and organizational buying practice and, because it represents a single channel of attack, raises concerns about potential risks to national security.
April 05, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, A DHS IG report reveals that a quarter of the 8,000 TSA officers who left the agency in fiscal 2017, left within the first six months on the job.
April 04, 2019 -
Bill Evanina of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center warned that public and private sector companies shouldn’t become numb to growing supply chain attacks.
April 04, 2019 -
DoD wants to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to implement a demonstration project giving Defense agencies more incentive to purchase contracts directly from eligible firms employing those with severe disabilities.
April 03, 2019 -
What does the Federal Acquisition Service's Federal Market Place Initiative means for federal agencies and contractors? Find out when FAS Commissioner Alan Thomas, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf.
April 02, 2019 -
The Census Bureau has shifted its focus for 2020 to scaling up operations to count more than 300 million people living in the United States.
April 02, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, an IG report said the FBI’s current notification system lacks complete and reliable data, making it harder for the agency to determine whether all cyber-crime victims had been informed.
April 02, 2019 -
Senior Bloomberg Government reporter Travis Tritten has done some digging into the specifics of the Space Force, he explained on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 02, 2019 -
Lorenzo Ieraci, director general of the Office of Small and Medium Enterprises at Public Services and Procurement Canada, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 02, 2019 -
Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a wide ranging interview on the top procurement issues, including category management, contract duplication, eCommerce and the Section 809 Panel report.
April 01, 2019 -
GSA rescinded awards to 81 small businesses after a Court of Federal Claims decision showed the agency erred in its evaluations of proposals.
April 01, 2019