Contracting

  • Pat Schambach, a principal at Schambach and Williams Consulting, was Francis Rose's guest on Industry Chatter.

    January 23, 2014
  • On this week's Capital Impact show, Bloomberg Government analysts discuss cuts made by Congress to the defense budget, and the winners and losers in this budget battle. January 23, 2014

    January 23, 2014
  • More than 60 social media apps are now available to agencies, allowing them to select the best method to meet their missions. One of the areas that's most ripe for innovation is in emergency management.

    January 23, 2014
  • The Defense Information Systems Agency says an eventual commercial cloud buy probably won't be bundled into a single contract vehicle, but in the meantime, DoD needs to work through challenges involving security, approval policy and network operations.

    January 22, 2014
  • Peter Andrejev, principal in Booz Allen Hamilton's Strategic Innovations Group, discusses acquisition management and the implementation of complex systems. January 21, 2014

    January 21, 2014
  • The General Services Administration says it will finally be able to begin digging out of a backlog of deferred maintenance of federal buildings thanks to a boost in funding from the recently passed bipartisan spending bill. The spending bill, passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama last week, authorizes GSA to spend about $9.3 billion from the Federal Buildings Fund.

    January 21, 2014
  • Business development expert Bob Davis will discuss the marketing obstacles that many small to mid-size contractors face. January 20, 2014 (Encore presentation January 27, 2014 & February 3, 2014)

    January 20, 2014
  • GSA made the first set of awards under the continuous diagnostics and mitigation (CDM) contract.

    January 17, 2014
  • GSA launches a new social media site to gather industry and agency feedback on how to improve one of the most successful GWACs ever.

    January 17, 2014
  • Joe Jordan, the administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, is leaving the administration Friday after working five years in assorted senior contracting manager positions. He said agencies are using strategic sourcing, reducing spending and receiving more competition.

    January 17, 2014
  • Anthony Robbins, vice president of Federal at Brocade, is Francis Rose's guest on Industry Chatter.

    January 16, 2014
  • On this week's Capital Impact show, Bloomberg Government analysts will discuss democrat and republican plans to spur job growth, and why some companies are lagging behind in implementing the cybersecurity framework. January 16, 2014

    January 16, 2014
  • Frank Kendall, the undersecretary of Defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, said while the budget agreement adds money back to DoD's overall spending capacity in 2014 and 2015, the deal still doesn't plug holes in the Pentagon's research funding. Kendall estimated R&D funding will drop by as much as 20 percent compared to the department's initial requests.

    January 16, 2014
  • House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) says agency inspectors general are increasingly facing obstacles in their efforts to uncover waste and misconduct. The top watchdogs at both the Justice Department and the Peace Corps told lawmakers they've faced resistance from their agencies at times in turning over records in recent years. Lawmakers also expressed concern about the impact of across-the-board budget cuts on the operations agency IG operations.

    January 15, 2014