Contracting
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Lawmakers pushed for provisions of the Defending American’s Small Contractors bill to be folded into the 2017 NDAA.
March 01, 2016 -
The Pentagon itself does little to predict future spending on its biggest ticket items, according to a landmark study by the Government Accountability Office. Tim DiNapoli, GAO's director of acquisition and sourcing management issues, gives Federal Drive with Tom Temin all the details.
March 01, 2016 -
David Berteau, the assistant secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness, will join the industry association on March 28 as its next CEO, replacing Stan Soloway who left in the fall.
March 01, 2016 -
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy named 11 executives to manage $270 billion in spending across 10 commodity areas under the category management initiative.
March 01, 2016 -
Kevin DeSanto, managing director and co-founder of KippsDeSanto, joins host Mark Amtower to discuss mergers and acquisitions, and how channel plays in the M&A market. February 29, 2016
February 29, 2016 -
Reports of counterfeit parts making it into sensitive Defense Department systems have steadily declined since agencies were required to make those reports in 2013. Marie Mak, director of acquisition and sourcing issues at the Government Accountability Office, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin why.
February 29, 2016 -
Mark Schwartz, chief information officer of the Citizenship and Immigration Services, said by moving legacy systems to the cloud, updates become more agile.
February 26, 2016 -
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy named 10 new category managers Feb. 25 to lead the commodity buying areas that represent more than $270 billion a year.
February 25, 2016 -
On this edition of Columbia Technology Partners Ready to Prime Allen speaks to Debra Fine, public speaker and author of the book The Fine Art of Small Talk.
February 25, 2016 -
As one recent case makes clear, even the fastest networks don't guarantee your bid on a federal contract will get there on time. Attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell, fills in Federal Drive with Tom Temin on all the details.
February 25, 2016 -
The Defense Department builds economic assumptions and cost savings into its budget, but when those savings are too optimistic it hurts critical programs.
February 24, 2016 -
On this week’s show, we take a detailed look at the long-awaited instruction the Defense Department issued in January on services acquisition. DoD Instruction 5000.74 is the first standalone instruction the department has ever issued specifically…
February 24, 2016 -
DISA asks industry for help in defining the requirements for next version of MilCloud, including how to set up utility-based pricing
February 24, 2016 -
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Stephen Welby told Federal News Radio in an exclusive interview how DoD is allaying commercial industry's acquisition fears.
February 22, 2016 -
At the General Services Administration, the 18F group has made a reputation for itself as the people to go to for agile development, rapid software deployment and general digital innovation. On Federal Drive with Tom Temin just a couple of weeks ago, two 18F staff members described their success with using reverse auction techniques to acquire software code at the micro purchase threshhold. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, offers a contrary view.
February 22, 2016