Contracting
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The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted to hold the number of federal employees stable for the foreseeable future. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) said he also wants to look at the size of the agency\'s contractor workforce as well. The freeze was approved in the committee\'s first-ever DHS reauthorization bill.
September 22, 2011 -
Do you get enough benefits from using sites like Facebook and LinkedIn to make it worth your time? Amtower Off Center\'s Mark Amtower offers some tips.
September 21, 2011 -
The United States is concerned about recent cyber attacks on defense contractors in Japan, according to Reuters. Some of the targeted contractors also build U.S.-designed missiles, warships and military aircraft.
September 21, 2011 -
The service no can longer pump money into ambitions that don\'t offer any immediate prospect of payoff, especially if those projects don\'t promise to deliver something the Air Force truly needs, the service\'s top officer said Tuesday.
September 21, 2011 -
Government contractor CACI has landed a $33 million contract with the Navy\'s Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division, The Washington Business Journal reports.
September 20, 2011 -
Guy Timberlake, the co-founder and chief visionary of the American Small Business Coalition, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss whether new OMB guidance will make a real difference.
September 20, 2011 -
Allen Federal president Larry Allen joins host Mark Amtower to talk a wide range of government procurement issues. September 19, 2011(Encore presentation October 24, 2011)
September 19, 2011 -
The General Service Administration wants your input on how it can improve federal websites.
September 19, 2011 -
Salient Federal Solutions has landed an Air Force WRAP contract. In a company release, Salient said its job is to defend the Air Force\'s computer networks from cyber attacks.
September 19, 2011 -
Marion Blakey, the president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association a former FAA administrator, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss what aerospace contractors should keep their eyes open for.
September 19, 2011 -
The Federal Drive spoke with Sudhir Verma, a senior director at Force 3, which runs a program to train its IT workforce, along with Marlena Clark, a graduate of the program.
September 19, 2011 -
A new memo details three classifications for the new contracting officer\'s representative position, which replaces the contracting officer\'s technical representatives as of Jan. 1. The goal is to improve acquisition oversight, especially of high risk contracts.
September 16, 2011 -
The Office of Management and Budget has issued new guidance to agencies that would accelerate payments to small-business contractors. OMB Director Jacob Lew directed Executive Branch agencies to cut the payment processing time from 30 days to 15 days.
September 15, 2011 -
On today\'s Federal Drive: Lawmakers plan to promote structural reforms in the Homeland Security Department through its authorization bill and the Senate Armed Services Committee mulls the numbers of the top ranks of the Defense Department.
September 15, 2011 -
Members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee marked up the DHS Authorization bill, complete with 68 amendments. Among the changes approved is requiring the agency to have auditable financial records by 2016.
September 15, 2011