Contracting
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An important acquisition by the Education Department hit the rocks. One contractor got hold of earlier bid documents of its competitor. Even disclosure of that fact wasn't enough to save this one. Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 07, 2017 -
For federal contractors, summer vacations can be problematic. That's because the start of summer also brings the last fiscal quarter and the scramble to use funds before they run out. It's a more concentrated issue this year because of how late Congress approved the 2017 budget. David Berteau, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, provides an overview of the next 11 weeks on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 06, 2017 -
The Army spends in the neighborhood of $20 billion a year to develop and buy weapons. But it has trouble developing sound requirements, and now it has an issue with its requirements workforce. Marie Mak, director of acquisition and sourcing management issues at the Government Accountability Office, offers insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 06, 2017 -
Jason Workmaster, counsel at Covington and Burling LLP, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the implementation of the Transactional Data Reporting rule. July 4, 2017
July 02, 2017 -
How does the government acquire IT products and services and where does GSA's Office of Assisted Acquisition Services fit in? Find out this week when AAS Assistant Commissioner Tom Howder and FEDSIM Director Chris Hamm join host Mark Amtower of Amtower Off Center. July 3, 2017
July 02, 2017 -
Repperio founder and CEO June Marshall and company president Behrad Mahdi, join host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk discuss how their company can help federal acquisition specialists do data driven market research. July 4, 2017
July 02, 2017 -
Congress wants the Veterans Affairs Department to expand acquisition internship program and start using the same requirements to report cost savings from procurement activities. Lawmakers see these pieces of legislation as easy bills, but VA has its objections.
June 30, 2017 -
Roger Waldron, president of the Coalition for Government Procurement, says revisions to the NDAA highlight further the growing concerns surrounding the potential impact of the legislation on the federal procurement system, customer agencies, industry partners, and the American economy.
June 30, 2017 -
The House Armed Services Committee is set to begin its annual marathon session marking up the Defense authorization bill today. The initial draft includes more than 60 provisions dealing with acquisition, including one telling DoD to buy commercial products from online "marketplaces" like Amazon.
June 28, 2017 -
Matt Lira, the special assistant to the president for innovation policy and initiatives, said the Office won't immediately solve all the government's operational problems, but it is looking to establish a culture and organizational structure.
June 28, 2017 -
Camron Gorguinpour, principal at Woden, joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss innovation, open systems architecture and how his company helps organizations gain a new perspective on diversity and defense acquisition. June 27, 2017
June 26, 2017 -
Alan Thomas became the fourth commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service at the General Services Administration June 26.
June 26, 2017 -
The 2016 federal contractor survey sponsored by Grant Thornton found vendors are optimistic about working in the public sector, despite facing more competition and lower profit margins.
June 26, 2017 -
The General Services Administration’s inspector general issued a notice saying former Administrator Denise Turner Roth made “statements and taking actions that threatened the complainant with transfer to another position.” Sources say out-going FAS Commissioner Tom Sharpe is the whistleblower.
June 23, 2017 -
The idea of an Amazon-like market is the latest iteration of a durable idea, namely getting the government to buy commercial items in a commercial way.
June 23, 2017