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The National Institutes of Health awarded its Chief Information Officer - Commodities and Solutions Governmentwide Acquisition Contract Tuesday to 65 vendors.
April 14, 2015 -
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The case of Neustar versus the federal government provides one of this year\'s most important cautionary tales. It\'s risky to become overly dependent on a single federal contract, even a long-term one. Eventually, everything comes up for recompete. Neustar, which manages cell phone number portability under an FCC contract, lost its recompete last year to Ericsson. It\'s been protesting ever since. Jonathan Aberman, the managing director of Amplifier Ventures, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to explain more about the Neustar case.
April 14, 2015 -
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Lisa Dezzutti and Monica Mayk of Market Connections join host Mark Amtower to discuss the top challenges that contractors face in marketing to the federal government, and how shrinking budgets are impacting marketing. April 13, 2015
April 13, 2015 -
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As much attention as the Veterans Affairs senior executive responsible for oversight of the debacle in Boulder, Colorado of the construction of a new hospital left, his replacement got strikingly little fanfare.
April 13, 2015 -
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Federal chief information officer Tony Scott, a growing number of lawmakers on Capitol Hill and industry associations are warming to the idea of new legislation to make it easier for agencies to buy cloud services.
April 13, 2015 -
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Pentagon is studying its existing use of open systems in preparation for a final report, due at the end of the year, on how to expand them. Officials insist they\'re not interested in wiping out Defense firms\' proprietary systems, but they need to own the data links between them.
April 13, 2015 -
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ForeSee Vice President Dave Lewan and Abby Herriman, senior vice president of Delivery and Innovation at HighPoint Global, join host Jason Briefel for a wide ranging discussion of customer service initiatives in the federal government. April 10, 2015
April 10, 2015 -
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The Defense Department published a 3.0 version of its Better Buying Power program Thursday, saying the overall plan represents \"more continuity than change.\" But there have been shifts in emphasis over the initiative\'s five-year lifespan, including a new focus on cybersecurity.
April 10, 2015 -
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Washington, D.C. is a great place to look for business deals with federal agencies. But it\'s not the only place. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners and publisher of the Week Ahead newsletter, has a top-three list for increasing federal business opportunities. On In Depth with Francis Rose, he says the first is to think outside of the capital city.
April 09, 2015 -
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Some companies team up to bid on an agency contract. But more organizations can complicate the details of the contract, and that can turn into legal trouble for some organizations. Rocky Galloway, senior counsel in the Government Contracts Practice Group at General Counsel, tells In Depth with Francis Rose about a specific case where a team solution ended up in court.
April 09, 2015 -
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The General Services Administration plans to substantially complete the merger of eight professional schedule contracts into one by November. Tiffany Hixson, GSA\'s Federal Acquisition Service\'s professional services category executive, said 440 professional services contractors owning more than 4,400 total schedules need to migrate to the new construct.
April 09, 2015 -
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Online security and online access for people with disabilities have collided. Many of the most common Web practices for ensuring a user is actually human can be very difficult to use if you\'ve got a disability. For example, Techniques like CAPTCHA, which requires users to type in a distorted word or symbol, can be impossible for the blind. To remedy that, the General Services Administration\'s 18F tech team recently held an \"Accessibility Hackathon.\" They want to find a way to keep dot-gov sites secure and make them more accessible. Nick Bristow is an 18F innovation specialist working on this problem. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to explain some of the team\'s ideas.
April 08, 2015 -
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Van Hitch, senior advisor with Deloitte\'s Federal Consulting Practice, joins host Roger Waldron to talk about some of the IT acquisition challenges facing federal managers. April 7, 2015
April 07, 2015 -
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The Office of Inspector General at the Department of Housing and Urban Development has some big wins to celebrate. Settlements with shady lenders, and others, have netted a big return for the federal government. David Montoya is inspector general HUD. He joined In Depth with Francis Rose along with Brian Miller, managing director at Navigant and former inspector general of the General Services Administration, to talk about his office\'s values and why they\'re important in an IG office.
April 07, 2015
