Contracting
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In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Government Ethics laid out what kind of aid furloughed employees are allowed to receive during a government shutdown.
February 20, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Agriculture Department's Inspector General found the U.S. Forest Service is not quickly acting on sexual assault and harassment allegations.
February 19, 2019 -
Tech firm's bid protest lawsuit claims Cloud Executive Steering Group decided on single-contractor route at its very first meeting, but concealed that fact from the public and GAO.
February 19, 2019 -
The General Services Administration wants to help vendors improve the quality of their future bid submissions through its new initiative, called INFORM.
February 18, 2019 -
Earlier this month the Defense Department under Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy put out an 18-page cloud strategy that seemed to be little more than reaffirming what the department is already doing.
February 18, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) is asking the Defense Department which military projects will lose funding due to Donald Trump diverting $3.5 billion from military construction accounts to build a wall on the southern border.
February 18, 2019 -
The White House said President Trump intends to nominate Michael Wooten, the senior advisor for acquisitions at the Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid office, to lead the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
February 13, 2019 -
Identity theft protection coverage with ID Experts will continue for victims of the Office of Personnel Management's 2015 cyber breaches, the company announced Tuesday.
February 12, 2019 -
The Coalition for Government Procurement and the Naval Postgraduate School found agencies were getting better deals through GSA Advantage than through pilots using Amazon.
February 11, 2019 -
GSA launched its schedules transparency initiative four months ago and NASA awards a new $2.9 billion contract to provide its employees new end user services.
February 11, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management answered some lingering questions that popped up due to the recent partial government shutdown.
February 11, 2019 -
Does the new rule satisfy contractors who felt beset by DoD buyers' reliance on LPTA? David Berteau gave his take on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
February 11, 2019 -
A rare, joint memo from three military service secretaries directs acquisition officials to build open architectures into all new programs.
February 11, 2019 -
One of the enduring questions of the ages, at least in government contracting, is what counts as a small business and what happens when it grows bigger during the course of a contract?
February 07, 2019 -
The Air Force wants program managers to be able to spot good code in software.
February 07, 2019