Contracting
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The Veterans Affairs Department\'s process for verifying eligibility in the service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses program could become standard procedure for all agencies. VA is the only department that checks to make sure contractors are eligible.
February 10, 2012 -
Steve Charles, the co-founder and executive vice president of technology contractor ImmixGroup, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the issues contractors are facing.
February 10, 2012 -
Small businesses in 34 industries can earn more money and still be considered small by the government.
February 10, 2012 -
Fort Bliss announced the contract award after President Obama called on agencies to save $2 billion using the tool.
February 10, 2012 -
Cathy Flickinger said her biggest challenge is keeping the IT operations going while her bureau\'s building is upgraded. She has moved mission critical apps and websites to the cloud. February 9, 2012
February 09, 2012 -
The General Service\'s Administration\'s Office of Governmentwide Policy is developing a new tool to make information sharing more efficient. Kathleen Turco, OGP\'s associate administrator, said the project is about half way to completion.
February 09, 2012 -
Larry Clinton, the president of the Internet Security Alliance, testified before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on the role of the private sector in responding to cyber threats.
February 09, 2012 -
Gunnar Hellekson, the chief technolgoy strategist for Red Hat\'s U.S. public sector group, joined Industry Chatter with Francis Rose to discuss virtualization and the subscription model for agency IT.
February 09, 2012 -
The Defense Logistics Agency has completed a pilot program with industry on using botanical molecules in the supply authentication process.
February 09, 2012 -
Government agencies could win a free assessment of their website by entering the General Services Administration\'s First Fridays usability contest.
February 09, 2012 -
Under the new concept of operations, the interagency board now is letting vendors submit their cloud services for approval without first having to have a contract. The document details three major areas of how the FedRAMP process will work. The program management office will release two other major documents in the coming months to further detail the cloud security process.
February 09, 2012 -
The House Armed Services Committee has held a series of hearings in recent months taking the temperature of industry and defense experts on the relationship between contractors and the Defense Department. Allan Burman, a former administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy and now the president of Jefferson Consulting, testified before the panel. He joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss his testimony.
February 08, 2012 -
Lawmakers on the House Small Business Committee introduced three bipartisan bills Wednesday aimed at contracting reform.
February 08, 2012 -
The department released a new RFP asking for a host of services. Interior made an award in 2010 to a Microsoft provider only to see a Google provider protest and eventually force the agency to pull back the contract.
February 08, 2012 -
Josh Stephens, vice president of Technology at J&J Solarwinds, joins host John Gilroy to talk about how his company can help you with common cloud issues. February 7, 2012
February 07, 2012