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How would DoD and industry be impacted by the House's proposed 2018 National Defense Authorization Act? Find out this week, when Jon Etherton, president of Etherton and Associates, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf. August 8, 2017
August 08, 2017 -
Acquisition and cyber experts say the government’s decision to remove Kaspersky Lab from the GSA schedule and a continued push by lawmakers to ban the technology is highly unusual and could create a trade war.
August 07, 2017 -
Now that GSA awarded the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) telecommunications contract, agencies have just over three years to move from the current Networx contract.
August 07, 2017 -
The U.S. Court of Appeals for Federal Claims ruled the Army went too far in trying to be fair to bidders on a recent recompete contract.
August 03, 2017 -
The Defense Department released a report about splitting the office of the undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics in two, and standing up the new position of chief management officer.
August 03, 2017 -
The Defense Department sent a report to Congress detailing recommendations to reorganize and restructure its Acquisition, Technology and Logistics office and the role of its chief management officer.
August 02, 2017 -
The General Services Administration awarded a spot on the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract to four incumbents and six new telecommunication bidders to increase competition.
August 01, 2017 -
A new executive order President Donald Trump issued 11 days ago tells federal agencies to spend the next nine months studying the health of the Defense Industrial Base. The order laments that the U.S. has lost about 2 million manufacturing jobs since 2000, and demands a whole-of-government approach to identify the industrial capacity and supply chains the U.S. needs to maintain national security. Retired Air Force Gen. Hawk Carlisle, president of the National Defense Industrial Association, tells DoD Reporter Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin that NDIA fully supports the study and wants to help.
August 01, 2017 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the General Services Administration extends the comment period for those who want to give their opinions of rules pertaining to topics such as acquisition.
August 01, 2017 -
To many people in business and industry, federal regulation looks like a runaway train always gathering more steam. Except now the Trump administration is trying to slow things down a bit. Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president and counsel at the Professional Services Council, offers his take on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 31, 2017 -
What role does the Defense Industry Initiative play in promoting ethical business practices for defense contractors? Find out when the Boeing Company's Ellen Martin and Tom McDaniel with the Harris Corporation join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf. August 1, 2017
July 30, 2017 -
Best selling author David Meerman Scott joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss his book "The New Rules of Marketing and PR" which just went into its 6th edition. July 31, 2017
July 30, 2017 -
A new OMB mandate gives agencies until Sept. 1 to come up with plans to transition their own package shipping contracts to a new contract vehicle negotiated and administered by the Defense Department.
July 27, 2017 -
Leadership within the IRS' procurement office say they are working toward a culture change among their workforce, and earlier intervention with industry.
July 27, 2017 -
The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs committee passed the TSP Modernization Act of 2017, along with a handful of other bills that could soon affect the lives and careers of the federal workforce.
July 27, 2017