Contracting
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The four sitting commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission have \"grave concerns\" about a House committee\'s plan to relocate the agency out of its historic Pennsylvania Ave. location into a privately held building in Southwest, Washington D.C. Eileen Harrington, FTC\'s executive director, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss a plan in Congress that would require the FTC to relocate to make room for the National Gallery of Art.
March 14, 2012 -
Host Roger Waldron and Jim Schweiter, partner at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP will talk about legislation affecting the contracting community. March 13, 2012
March 13, 2012 -
Shawn Osborne previously servied as president, CEO and director of Ulticom Inc., according to a TechAmerica release.
March 13, 2012 -
Michael Chase, the former executive director for human capital at the Defense Contract Management Agency, said the good news is human beings are not resistant to change. The bad news is they won\'t change unless there is an imperative to do so.
March 13, 2012 -
Peg and Claudia Hosky of Hosky Communications and FedInsider talk about ways to raise your profile with government agencies. March 12, 2012
March 12, 2012 -
New changes to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement rules for contractor business systems are now in effect. Under the new rules, the government will withhold five percent of a contractor\'s payment if any of the company\'s business systems are found to be \"deficient\" by the Defense Contract Audit Agency. Brian Waagner, a partner at Husch Backwell, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the changes and how they affect contractors.
March 12, 2012 -
Balancing government requirements and commercial best practices in the next generation of Multiple Awards Schedules could be a big boost for the General Services Administration. Roger Waldron, the president of the Coalition for Government Procurement, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss his analysis.
March 12, 2012 -
The Army and Marine Corps will be in the market for a new generation of ground vehicles soon. But acquisition officials there should think hard before they buy, according to Dr. Andrew Krepinevich, the president of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. Krepinevich discussed the trends likely to impact the development of combat vehicles.
March 12, 2012 -
The cancellation is only a minor setback, though, said former national health IT coordinator David Brailer in an interview with Federal News Radio\'s Ruben Gomez.
March 12, 2012 -
Avue Technologies Co-CEO Linda Rix will give us an update on federal hiring and how her company is helping those who want to work for the government. March 9, 2012
March 09, 2012 -
The services are spending $31 million more every time oil prices increased $1 a barrel. The unexpected increase in costs is forcing the Pentagon to take even a deeper dive to find areas to save or avoid spending on in both the short and long term. DoD sees improved acquisitions as a major area for further potential spending reductions.
March 09, 2012 -
Adm. Robert Day, the service\'s CIO, said he wants to consolidate data centers, recompete their HR system and better utilize smartphone and tablet devices. The Coast Guard also will begin deploying long-awaited C4 capabilities in 2012. March 8, 2012
March 08, 2012 -
Joseph Petrillo, attorney with Petrillo and Powell in Washington, D.C., talks to The Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the new rules put in place by the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council.
March 08, 2012 -
GSA may have to give as many as 20 agencies an extra nine months to transition to the five-year-old telecommunications contract. The agency says 96 percent of all transitions are done or in progress. GSA is developing a strategy for the next generation of telecommunications services.
March 07, 2012 -
Tony Trenkle, chief information officer and director of the Office of Information Services at the Centers for Medicar and Medicaid Services talks about the IT challenges at his agency. March 6, 2012
March 06, 2012