Contracting
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Suspension and debarment officials have been cracking down on government vendors that are out of compliance for what sometimes seem like minor missteps, and vendors are also apt to criticize what they see as a wave of regulations. Adelle Elia, a consultant and former Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer at USIS, spoke with Federal News Radio's Jason Miller at the 34th Annual Government Contract Management Symposium about why compliance seems harder now than ever before. Miller shares that interview with Jared Miller on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 15, 2015 -
The Defense Acquisition University plays a vital part in training defense agencies to deliver warfighting capabilites to the government. Nearly 25 years after it opened its doors, DAU is still evolving to to give the acquisition workforce the tools it needs to do its job. James Woolsey, president of the Defense Acquisition University, spoke with Federal News Radio's Executive Editor Jason Miller at NCMA's 34th Annual Government Contract Management Symposuim about the changes DAU has made, and what changes are coming for it in the future. Miller shared that interview with host Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin
December 15, 2015 -
The ongoing communication breakdown between agencies and contractors is the biggest obstacle to better acquisition, several experts said. A year after the Office of Federal Procurement Policy made strengthening the government’s relationship with industry a central part of its strategy to improve the federal acquisition process, few are seeing any real change. In his weekly feature, Inside the Reporter’s Notebook, Federal News Radio’s executive editor Jason Miller finds out from industry what has improved and what hasn’t over the last 12 months. He shares that with Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 15, 2015 -
The Justice Department is crowing about how it managed to collect $1 billion last year in false claims act violation settlements with federal contractors. That makes it sound like everyone is ripping off the government. Larry Allen, a federal business consultant and long-time expert in procurement, told Federal Drive with Tom Temin that top-line number fails to reflect the reality that few contractors actually set out to defraud their customer.
December 14, 2015 -
The Air Force's personnel experts team up with cyber pros to fix downtime on the service's HR systems, which have serious domino effects each time there's an outage.
December 14, 2015 -
Two senators are pushing OMB and agencies to rein in spending on software licenses.
December 14, 2015 -
Tom Sharpe, commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service, said over the summer the General Services Administration would make access to the e-Buy tool available to the public. Two weeks before the end of the year, the transparency effort continues to hit roadblocks.
December 14, 2015 -
A year after the Office of Federal Procurement Policy issued a major policy strategy, industry experts say communication between contracting officers and vendors remains the biggest obstacle to success.
December 14, 2015 -
One of DoD's top cloud officials said companies should expect proposal requests from the Pentagon soon to host cloud centers on department property.
December 11, 2015 -
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) is calling for the removal of the Office of Personnel Management's CIO Donna Seymour, after the agency's Office of Inspector General found that the Office of Procurement Operations mismanaged a contract it awarded for identity and credit monitoring services for early victims of the cyber breach.
December 10, 2015 -
Defense contractors are wrestling with a provision Congress tucked into the 2015 National Defense Authorization Bill. Section 1641 gives cleared companies liability protection when they report cybersecurity breaches, something they've had to do for several years. But what about civilian agency contractors or companies who do business with both sides? There's no information sharing law there yet. In this week's Legal Loop on Federal Drive with Tom Temin, attorneys John Drennan and Alex Haas of the D.C. firm King and Spaulding recommend caution.
December 10, 2015 -
Steve Nuelle, president of ABM Federal, offers advice on the characteristics of a good industry partner.
December 08, 2015 -
The Pentagon bolsters its plea for $1 trillion in nuclear modernization funds as the weapons age and funding is limited.
December 07, 2015 -
Small business advocates inside the Defense Department are concerned about a new set of requirements DoD imposed on a huge number of IT contractors beginning in October.
December 07, 2015 -
The latest task order under the continuous diagnostic and mitigation (CDM) program would bring continuous monitoring-as-a-service (CMaaS) to 41 small and micro agencies.
December 07, 2015