Contracting
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Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, explained some of the key takeaways and what contractors need to be watching for in the coming months.
April 01, 2019 -
The Senate Budget Committee passed a 2020 budget resolution last week, but left out several proposals designed to protect the federal workforce.
April 01, 2019 -
The Defense Department will audit contractor cybersecurity in the next year and a half, says Ellen Lord, DoD undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment.
March 29, 2019 -
Air Force Lt. Col. Sam Kidd, general counsel and a professional staff member of the Section 809 panel, said buying commercial products and services has become too cumbersome and slow for the Pentagon.
March 28, 2019 -
Marketing industry executive Aileen Black joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss how innovative new marketing tools are helping companies get their message out to new and existing customers.
March 27, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, up to $1 billion from DoD is now available to help support the Homeland Security Department's drug enforcement efforts at the southern border.
March 26, 2019 -
OMB released an updated memo on category management, giving agencies new goals and reporting requirements for how they are managing the acquisition of commodity products and services.
March 25, 2019 -
The Office of Management and Budget is expected to release a new memo in the next month or so detailing new goals and a strategy for shared services.
March 25, 2019 -
Contractors watch the President's Management Agenda developments no less than federal managers. David Berteau joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for his view.
March 25, 2019 -
In a recognition that smaller firms don't have the infrastructure to defend themselves against sophisticated attacks, DoD will experiment with a secure cloud approach to defending sensitive information.
March 25, 2019 -
This week the General Services Administration's MAS Program Management Office provided an update about GSA’s plans to merge the program’s 24 schedules into a single one.
March 22, 2019 -
Members of the Defense Innovation Board described their initial set of recommendations to fix DoD software acquisition. The Pentagon said it plans to start implementing them right away.
March 22, 2019 -
Federal News Network’s Tom Temin, anchor of the daily Federal Drive with Tom Temin, interviewed John Goodman, chief executive of Accenture Federal, about challenges to an electronic marketplace for federal buying, handling complex government projects, and artificial intelligence.
March 21, 2019 -
A recent Government Accountability Office award protest decision seemed to establish a new rule for how contract negotiations are conducted.
March 21, 2019 -
How are communications and public relations evolving in the GovCon market? Host Mark Amtower discusses the evolving nature the two concepts in the government contracting market with Evan Weisel Tony Welz and Stephen Mackey of W2 Communications.
March 20, 2019