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This gallery features interviews with executives who are Executive of the Year (Up to $75 million) finalists.
This gallery features interviews with executives who are Executive of the Year ($75 million - $300 million) finalists.
OSTP launches 25 new challenge grants, adding to the 450 it's already completed.
The Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards honor many of the individuals and businesses among the region’s government contractors. The awards are co-sponsored by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council. Sondra Barbour is the executive vice president of information systems and global solutions at Lockheed Martin, and a finalist for Gov Con's Executive of the Year award in the more than $300 million in sales category. She tells Federal News Radio's Matt Wingfield more about her nomination.
Tens of millions of dollars in agency-by-agency service contracts are due to expire next year. GSA hopes to transition a large proportion of the spending into governmentwide vehicles such as OASIS and the GSA schedules.
The federal government's claim to be the 'world's biggest customer' is apparently rubbing a lot of vendors the wrong way.
An AASHTO Center of Excellence is scheduled to open in Transportation Department headquarters next year. The modernized space will be a collaborative area designed to foster the one-stop-shop concept.
The President rejected the fiscal 2016 Defense Authorization bill. The $612 billion legislation included a 1.3 person pay raise, a new retirement system, and overhaul of the acquisition process.
The Office of Management and Budget is telling agencies they'll have five choices of laptop and desktop configurations to buy from now on and they'll have three choices of places to buy them from. They also have to explain to OMB why they shouldn't have to. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, tells In Depth with Francis Rose how this policy change will impact industry.
Today is veto day for the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act. President Barack Obama vetoes the bill at an event in the Oval Office today. But the acquisition provisions in the bill aren't the reason for the veto, so they'll probably live on in whatever NDAA President Obama signs eventually. Rob Burton is a partner at the law firm Venable and former deputy administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. He joined Tom Temin on today's Federal Drive to review those provisions.
The Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards honor many of the individuals and businesses among the region’s government contractors. The awards are co-sponsored by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council. Between now and Nov. 5, Federal News Radio is interviewing the finalists for this year’s awards. Doug Duenkel is the chief operating officer at Knight Point Systems and a finalist for this year's Executive of the Year award in the $75-to-$300 million in sales category. He reviews a bit of the company's history.
Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates acknowledged the rationale for reforms which centralized big decisions within the DoD acquisition system.
Some members of industry say the Government Publishing Office is taking advantage of a loophole in Title 44 of the U.S. Code, which lets GPO produce secure credential cards as a core agency function.
The House has passed a bill supporters say will streamline the agency's many moving parts by making management leaner and more efficient.