Contracting
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Agencies are increasingly relying upon Networx contract providers to reduce their Internet connections and strengthen network security.
February 03, 2012 -
The Defense Department chief information officer needs more clout when it comes to implementing cloud computing, according to an advisory committee consisting of industry executives.
February 03, 2012 -
Many agencies are not as gung-ho on telework as the Obama Administration or lawmakers would have it, according to a recent Congressional Research Service survey. The Department of Veterans Affairs allows just one-tenth of its employees to telework. At other agencies, most workers who are eligible to telework do not.
February 03, 2012 -
Brad Antle, the president and CEO of Salient Federal Solutions, joined Industry Chatter with Francis Rose to discuss the federal market space and how his company leverages agile development.
February 02, 2012 -
A bill introduced in the House aims to increase the subcontracting transparency and pass-through contracts to large companies.
February 02, 2012 -
Navy expects to implement the first network on a fleet destroyer in late 2012.
February 02, 2012 -
Some people who follow contracting say agencies are abusing small businesses through the reverse auction process. Raul Espinosa, the president of the Fairness in Procurement Initiative joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss why he believes agencies are abusing simplified acquisitions.
February 01, 2012 -
Jack Horan and Jason Workmaster, partners at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, talk about how contractors and subcontractors will be affected by recent regulatory changes. January 31, 2012
January 31, 2012 -
President Barack Obama will send Congress a bill in the coming weeks to reinstate the president\'s authority to consolidate agencies, said Lisa Brown, the Office of Management and Budget executive leading the government reform effort. She said the bill would require proposals to \"reduce the number of agencies or save costs.\"
January 31, 2012 -
Rob Guerra, a partner in Guerra Kiviat, chairs this year\'s AFCEA Bethesda\'s Children\'s Inn Gala. He joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the event.
January 31, 2012 -
The chairman of the House Committee on Small Business is introducing two bills today aimed at increasing small business contracts in government, including bumping agencies\' small contracting goal from 23 percent to 25 percent.
January 31, 2012 -
Lisa Doyle, chancellor of the VA Acquisition Academy, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about an internship for returning veterans who want to be contracting specialists.
January 31, 2012 -
The White House wants to reduce the amount of money agencies pay contractors for executive salaries to $200,000 from $694,000.
January 31, 2012 -
KippsDeSanto Managing Director Kevin DeSanto joins host Mark Amtower for a wide ranging discussion of the merger and acquisition market. January 30, 2012(Encore presentation March 26, 2012)
January 30, 2012 -
Homeland security and economic wellbeing will be increasingly tied together in the coming year, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in prepared remarks for a speech at a National Press Club luncheon Monday. In addition to the relationship between security and trade, Napolitano discussed the increasing role the agency plays in cybersecurity.
January 30, 2012