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Like the little engine that could, the General Services Administration never seems to stop the process of examining the rules, regulations and policies surrounding its many acquisition efforts. It\'s been busy on software procurement and several other issues. Jeff Koses, the senior procurement executive at the Office of Government-wide Policy at GSA, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to explain what\'s cookin\', and how it affects government buyers and contractors.
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There was an end of the week flurry of activity among cybersecurity executives in the government. First off, we found out Homeland Security Department’s John Streufert officially is retiring on May 1. An email from…
April 20, 2015 -
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Keith Trippie, the CEO of The Trippie Group and a former DHS official, calls for changes to how agencies hire IT workers, measure project success and integrate IT across all disciplines.
April 20, 2015 -
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Office of Science and Technology Policy and the General Services Administration\'s 18F lab take part in hackathon focused on developing solutions for digital accessibility problems.
April 17, 2015 -
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The General Services Administration\'s 18F and the U.S. Digital Service based at the Office of Management and Budget, are two of the first examples of the digital services teams agencies have to deploy by administration order. But digital services won\'t work the same, or do the same thing, at every agency. Mike Kruger is director of digital engagement at the Commerce Department. On with Francis Rose, he explained a couple things digital services are not.
April 17, 2015 -
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This year\'s long-range strike bomber contract could reshape the defense industrial base, depending who wins the contract. But the mergers and acquisitions landscape may not shift only at the top level. Jean Stack is managing director at Houlihan Lokey. On In Depth with Francis Rose, she described the M&A landscapre for the federal business space.
April 16, 2015 -
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The Government Accountability Office\'s 2015 duplication report has produced the usual round of hearings and handwringing over how much the federal government wastes. This year\'s version even adds 12 new areas of waste to the list. Gene Dodaro is the GAO Comptroller General. After a full round of Congressional testimony, Dodaro joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to give his personal take on the annual effort. He says that although the report is big, it doesn\'t unduly burden the GAO.
April 16, 2015 -
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If a program manager asks a company to bid on a highly technical requirement, you want to be sure the winning contractor or its subs can actually do the work. If it uses consultants to win the work, you could have a problem. That\'s the gist of a recent protest case that ruled out consultants. Joe Petrillo is a procurement attorney at Petrillo and Powell in Washington. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on this case.
April 16, 2015 -
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VA told Congress Wednesday that it wants to complete construction on its controversial hospital complex in Aurora, Colorado, by tapping into a fund that was supposed to cut down on patient wait times. Some members of Congress expressed frustration with the plan. \"You\'ve put us in the ultimate catch-22, because we don\'t want to go forward and we can\'t quit,\" Rep. David Roe told VA officials at yesterday\'s hearing.
April 16, 2015 -
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DHS and OMB says the continuous diagnostics and mitigation program will begin to show \'intrinsic value\' to the government as more and more agencies benefit from the cyber tools and services. GSA\'s $39 million award to Booz Allen is the second of six awards for tools and services under the program.
April 16, 2015 -
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Tracking munitions is a costly and time-consuming process for military units. They can\'t afford to waste cartridges, missiles or grenades. Lockheed Martin has developed a new system that works around many of the challenges of tracking RFID tags remotely. It\'s called the Rubee Weapon Shot Counter, and it could potentially save the Defense Department millions. Dr. Rob Smith, the vice president of C4ISR Systems for Lockheed Martin\'s Information Systems and Global Solutions, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to dive deeper into the Rubee\'s uses.
April 15, 2015 -
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Former DHS Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute discusses the difficulty of establishing a strong cybersecurity program within the federal government on this week\'s Women of Washington radio show.
April 15, 2015 -
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FITARA, the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act, can help agencies save money. But what about contractors? They\'ve also got to live with the new law. Anthony Robbins, the vice president of federal at Brocade, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to provide one view of how FITARA is affecting them.
April 15, 2015 -
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Kevin Youel Page, deputy commissioner for the Federal Acquisition Service, joins host Roger Waldron, to discuss the impacts of category management, and the future of the Common Acquisition Platform. April 14, 2015
April 14, 2015
