Contracting

• $600 contract at the heart of ‘intense’ 2015 for federal procurement

  Ralph White, the Government Accountability Office’s managing associate general counsel for procurement law, said two federal acquisition cases went to the Supreme Court over the last year as part of an atypical fiscal 2015 for federal bid protests.

  Acquisition Policy

  December 18, 2015
• The current state of government contracting

  Bill Gormley, president of The Gormley Group, joins host Roger Waldron to for a wide ranging discussion of category management, the common acquisition platform, and the current state of government contracting. December 8, 2015

  Off the Shelf

  December 17, 2015
• Crossing the streams of federal acquisition reform

  Tom Sisti, senior director and chief legislative counsel for SAP, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss current acquisition reform efforts, including reform provisions in the recently enacted National Defense Authorization Act. December 1, 2015

  Off the Shelf

  December 16, 2015
• Joanne Woytek: NASA pleased with progress on SEWP 5

  The latest iteration of NASA's Solutions for Enterprise Procurement is only about six months old, but officials are pleased with how things are going. So far, 147 companies have won spots on SEWP 5. That's 110 more than under SEWP 4. Joanne Woytek, SEWP program manager, spoke Monday with Federal News Radio's Jason Miller at the 34th annual Government Contracts Management Symposium hosted by the National Contract Management Association. Jason shared the latest with Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

  Federal Drive

  December 15, 2015
• Experts share insights on future of contract management

  Federal News Radio was on hand Monday morning, Dec. 14, for the first day of the National Contract Management Association’s Government Contract Management Symposium, talking to experts about the hurdles they see ahead in contract management.

  Acquisition Policy

  December 15, 2015
• Adelle Elia: Vendor compliance seems harder now than ever before

  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.

  Federal Drive

  December 15, 2015
• James Woolsey: Defense Acquisition University looks to the future

  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

  Federal Drive

  December 15, 2015
• Jason Miller: Little change seen in federal acquisition communications

  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.

  Federal Drive

  December 15, 2015
• Larry Allen: Fewer contractors than you think defraud the government

  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.

  Federal Drive

  December 14, 2015
• Air Force deploys special team to fix HR technology systems

  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.

  Air Force

  December 14, 2015
• $4B waste is what the MEGABYTE Act is going after

  Two senators are pushing OMB and agencies to rein in spending on software licenses.

  Congress

  December 14, 2015
• Mr. Sharpe: Tear down that (e-Buy) wall

  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.

  Acquisition Policy

  December 14, 2015
• Government, industry still can’t figure out how to talk

  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.

  Acquisition Policy

  December 14, 2015
• On-site cloud hosting proposal requests coming soon from DoD

  One of DoD's top cloud officials said companies should expect proposal requests from the Pentagon soon to host cloud centers on department property.

  Defense

  December 11, 2015