Contracting
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DISA is trying to speed up its acquisition of collaborative video, voice and data services.
November 17, 2016 -
When it comes to making contract awards, agencies need to be precise about the date and time. That's because the law imposes deadlines on bid protests and the clock starts ticking the moment the award is made. That basic premise of procurement law was reaffirmed recently when an agency tried to backdate an award by one day. Attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell shares more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
November 17, 2016 -
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden met with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services CEO Meg Whitman in October to discuss ongoing challenges with the $2.5 billion ACES contract.
November 17, 2016 -
The General Services Administration says it's working through a series of legislative and regulatory changes that would help agencies buy cloud computing services as a "utility."
November 16, 2016 -
The Defense Department's innovation hub chief is optimistic about his organization's chances during the presidential transition.
November 16, 2016 -
Results of more than 300 interviews of federal technology and acquisition experts for the Professional Services Council’s 2016 Vision conference predicts little new spending, but a lot of moving around of existing money.
November 16, 2016 -
Past and present agency officials offer suggestions on how to keep incoming feds and career leadership on the same page to ensure a smooth transition.
November 15, 2016 -
The Government Accountability Office has denied nine out of nine bid protests filed by health insurers who came out on the losing end of the Defense Department’s $58 billion in contract awards to run the military's managed health care system.
November 15, 2016 -
Just when you thought things were calming down, the General Services Administration goes and reorganizes the Federal Acquisition Service. It sounds complicated and it's directed at something contractors already distrust. Namely, category management. Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, for more.
November 14, 2016 -
The General Services Administration and the Homeland Security Department awarded CGI Federal a task order for the Credentials and Authentication Management (CRED) under phase 2 of the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program.
November 14, 2016 -
The White House wants nearly $12 billion to keep extra troops in Afghanistan and to continue the fight against the Islamic State. Some members of Congress think the request isn't enough.
November 11, 2016 -
Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) plans to continue his fight for the federal workforce, after winning re-election. He'll join his fellow Virginia Democrat Gerry Connolly and Republican Barbara Comstock for the 115th Congress, in which he says he's looking to raise federal pay and assure fairness on oversight investigations.
November 10, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management and its contractor, Winvale/CSID, can't agree on just how many people need to re-enroll with a new vendor to keep credit monitoring and identity protection services, and they haven't yet finalized a plan to smoothly transition those victims to the new service provider, ID Experts.
November 08, 2016 -
DoD is tightening the reins on the research money it gives out to companies. The Pentagon is receiving some backlash for it.
November 08, 2016 -
Rumors of the death of Army Knowledge Online — the web portal soldiers and Army civilians have used for everything from training to email since the 1990s — were evidently premature.
November 07, 2016