Contracting
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Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, is leading the charge to bring some sunlight onto agency 508 efforts after accountability from Congress, agencies has dropped over the last decade.
October 18, 2022 -
Reforms are needed to enhance efficiency, focus on outcomes, and procure innovative technology.
October 18, 2022 -
Contractors face the prospect of higher mandatory wages and treating independent subcontractors like employees. And that's not all. The vaccine mandate might be coming back.
October 18, 2022 -
The Safer Federal Workforce task force will issue guidance on the future of the federal contractor vaccine mandate, but some of the details are still up in the air.
October 17, 2022 -
Bill Gormley, president of the Gormley Group, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for an in-depth discussion of the top procurement issues impacting the General Services Administration.
October 14, 2022 -
The General Services Administration says 20 CFO Act, 11 large or medium and 51 small agencies have until May 31, 2024, to complete the transition to EIS.
October 14, 2022 -
The Army's updated cloud plan adds urgency for commands to move their legacy systems to the cloud, with more cuts planned to government data centers. Hundreds of other systems deemed to have low business value will be sunset entirely.
October 12, 2022 -
The General Services Administration’s inspector general released its third report or alert over the last year about the data behind the Transactional Data Reporting program.
October 11, 2022 -
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, argues for why the General Services Administration’s Transactional Data Reporting effort needs more time and training of contracting officers.
October 11, 2022 -
Two weeks into the continuing resolution agencies hoping to start new initiatives are now looking towards December 16. That's when Congress promised to establish a 2023 budget. History shows that's a pretty thin read to lean on.
October 11, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The Biden Administration expands the use of procurement to encourage economically friendly purchasing. American embassies worldwide are in line for a major network upgrade. And the Department of Homeland Security looks to improve customer experience with people and data.
October 11, 2022 -
Among other things, initiatives aim to incentivize large prime contractors to incorporate innovations from small businesses into their bid proposals and give contracting officers better tools to manage intellectual property rights.
October 11, 2022 -
Jamie Holcombe, the chief information officer for USPTO, said a new contract award will help the agency move toward a Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) architecture.
October 07, 2022 -
Federal spending on contracts for goods and services continues to grow in many categories. But according to research by Deltek, there's increasing consolidation of contracting vehicles by the government.
October 07, 2022 -
Marsha Lindquist, president of Granite Leadership Strategies and a fellow at both APMP and NCMA, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss her book, Secrets of Strategic Pricing for Government Contractors.
October 06, 2022