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Agencies are nearing the end of a 30-day cybersecurity sprint to fix major vulnerabilities in their systems. But every agency can't afford to maintain its own critical infrastructure. Dave McClure is the chief strategist at the Veris Group. John Marshall is founder and CEO of the Shared Services Leadership Coalition. They tell In Depth with Francis Rose that the key to a modern federal cyber strategy starts at the shared services marketplace.
July 20, 2015 -
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Four powerful lawmakers want to know whether the Treasury Department will incorporate the Recovery Operations Center's successful big-data tools into its DATA Act initiatives.
July 20, 2015 -
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Three federal contractors' associations are asking the Supreme Court to settle a disagreement among circuit courts involving an interpretation of the False Claims Act. Several contractors have been bitten by what they say is an extravagant interpretation of something called implied certification. Alan Chvotkin is the executive vice president and counsel at the Professional Services Council. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to explain the issues and what's at stake.
July 20, 2015 -
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It's been one year since the Agriculture Department jumped into the shared services business. Now a financial management shared services provider, USDA is working with other agencies to sign them on. The General Services Administration -- including about 30 other small agencies and commissions -- is one big customer. John Brewer is the deputy chief financial officer at the Agriculture Department. He's an AFCEA Bethesda 20-14 Governmentwide Initiative Excellence Award Winner for leading the charge. He tells Federal News Radio Executive Editor Jason Miller what prompted the agency's initial involvement with shared services.
July 17, 2015 -
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Winvale and its subcontractor CSID want to bid on the larger contract to help the 21.5 million people affected by the breach of OPM's security-clearance database, Winvale CEO Kevin Lancaster said. "We'd absolutely go again for it. We have capacity," he said. "We've got the right solutions, the right lessons learned from this one." Not everyone is convinced.
July 17, 2015 -
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Believe it or not, there are only two and half months, or about 50 shopping days, left in the 2015 federal fiscal year. That means suppliers are gearing up to sell, and agency contracting officers are preparing to buy. Bob Lohfeld is the CEO of the Lohfeld Consulting Group and a long-time federal sales expert. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with some tips on managing the upcoming year-end rush.
July 17, 2015 -
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The Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing system is offline now while the Office of Personnel Management tries to fix its cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Those vulnerabilities were discovered during the investigation into the recent data breach, in whch hackers stole personal information for 21.5 million people. And while much of the attention has focused on the OPM crisis' impact on federal workers, contractors are impacted too in a big way, and they're certain to be impacted by the backlog now building up while eQIP is offline Stan Soloway is the president and CEO of the Professional Services Council. He tells In Depth guest host Jared Serbu about the effects contractors are feeling -- and what they expect.
July 16, 2015 -
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Agencies will likely go a relative spending spree between now and the end of the fiscal year. But some small companies could be missing out on potential contracts. Marci Love Thomas is a senior counsel in the government contracts practice at General Counsel, and a former senior attorney advisor for the Small Business Adminstration. She tells In Depth guest host Jared Serbu that there are two things that could impact companies in the small business 8(a) program, and also small businesses more generally.
July 16, 2015 -
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Angela Styles, chair of Crowell & Moring LLP joins host Roger Waldron to discuss implementation of the "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces" executive order. July 14, 2015
July 14, 2015 -
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Dave Wennergren, senior vice president, Technology Policy, at the Professional Services Council and Dave Chesebrough, president of the Association for Enterprise Information, join host John Gilroy to talk about the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act. July 14, 2015
July 13, 2015 -
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The two cyber breaches at the Office of Personnel Management have got the attention of the media and federal managers. It’s also landed on the plates of many chief information officers. “Everyone in the government…
July 13, 2015 -
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Competition in the federal market is up for the third year in a row. And some contractors with skin already in the game don't have as many advantages anymore. For example, the rate at which incumbents are winning is down more than 20 percent since fiscal 2014, according to a new report from Bloomberg Government. Brian Friel is a government contracts analyst for Bloomberg. He tells In Depth guest host Jared Serbu that some agencies are especially hard on incumbents.
July 09, 2015 -
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When is a subcontractor not a subcontractor? Answer: When the prime is so dependent on the sub that, in effect, the sub really is the prime. But it's not always easy to tell. That's the gist of a recent case involving an Army services contract. In this week's Legal Loop, Joe Petrillo, a partner at the law firm Petrillo and Powell, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
July 09, 2015 -
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Steven Schooner, Nash and Cibinic Professor of Government Procurement Law and Co-Director of the Government Procurement Law Program at the George Washington University Law School, will discuss Better Buying Power 3.0, LPTA and more with host Roger Waldron. July 7, 2015
July 07, 2015
