Contracting
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Former OFPP Administrator Steve Kelman shares his observations from the Executive Leadership Conference.
October 28, 2011 -
Scott Amey, general counsel and contracting specialist at the Project for Government Oversight, says the mood in Washington is much different from five years ago when the law was first passed.
October 28, 2011 -
GSA\'s Dave McClure said a flood of documents will come as soon as OMB signs off on the cloud security guidance. McClure said among the documents will be the application for third party companies to become FedRAMP accreditors of cloud products and services.
October 28, 2011 -
Steven Gitlin, vice president of Aerovironment, which creates the backpackable drone — formally known as the Switchblade Agile Munition Systems — joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss how it works.
October 28, 2011 -
An uncertain spending budget at the Defense Department isn\'t stopping large defense contracting companies from turning a solid profit.
October 27, 2011 -
Alan Chvotkin is the vice president of the Professional Services Council.
October 27, 2011 -
Jean Gilson is the senior vice president for strategy and marketing of DAI.
October 27, 2011 -
Elizabeth Ferrell, a partner at McKenna Long\'s government contracts practice, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss what contractors are already feeling in the wake of the Budget Control Act.
October 27, 2011 -
The Air Force wants to fulfill half of its U.S.-based jet fuel needs with alternative fuels by 2016 and expects to be ready for that target ahead of time. But, with the view that it is a consumer, not a producer of energy, the service says it doesn\'t intend to play a direct role in helping to develop biofuel technologies.
October 27, 2011 -
The IDIQ contract will let agencies order a variety of telecommunications support services.
October 26, 2011 -
Jaime Gracia is industry co-chair of the Better Government IT Working Group and President and CEO of Seville Government Consulting.
October 26, 2011 -
The House is expected to approve a measure repealing a law that withholds 3 percent of government contractors\' payments. The original law was enacted in 2006 to ensure contractors paid their taxes. But it\'s seen its implementation delayed until 2013, and it has grown increasingly unpopular with both Democratic and Republican lawmakers.
October 26, 2011 -
David McClure, associate administrator in the Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technologies at the General Services Administration, moderated a panel at the 2011 Executive Leadership Conference.
October 25, 2011 -
Agency CIOs need to find creative ways to lower the cost of their technology services. DHS is testing the concept of "workplace-as-a-service." OMB soon will issue a new shared services architecture to help agencies understand how best to move to enterprisewide systems.
October 25, 2011 -
The Department of Energy\'s Idaho National Laboratory awarded a contract to Unisys Corporation to transition 5,000 users to Google\'s cloud-based email.
October 25, 2011