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For many years the Department of Veterans Affairs has worked to make it easier for veterans to access VA services. Now the department is two months into an effort to make it easier for vendors — and what the department calls "innovators" — to put their services and capabilities before VA program and contract people. It's a website called Pathfinder.
For the U.S. Army and one of its software contractors, the conflict in Afghanistan is still going on. An unresolved dispute over licensing of language translation software has entered a new phase, eight years after the company first claimed breach of contract.
The Mentor-Protégé Program has been around for 30 years, but still is not a permanent program
It’s that time of year when activity on Capitol Hill usually falls into a lull. But this year’s the rare occurrence when big legislative activity is happening in August. The Senate passed a huge reconciliation bill over the weekend; the House is expected to do the same later this week. Meanwhile both houses have a lot of work waiting for them to reconcile their versions of the annual appropriations and authorization bills.
Joyce Bose, president and CEO of Boscobel Marketing Communications, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a lively discussion on the continuing impact of public relations in GovCon.
For decades, the Defense department has used organized consortia of companies to acquire advanced technologies. The Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University is urging the Pentagon to improve the consortium model.
The Senate Appropriations Committee is proposing $850 billion for national security.
The AGILE Procurement Act in the Senate intends to make it easier for the government to buy commercial goods and services.
Gormley Group President Bill Gormley joined host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the state of governmentwide contracting, with a focus on GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule program.
Tom Sisti, vice president of the Coalition for Government Procurement, joined host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to give his thoughts on the shrinking industrial base, including why companies are leaving the market.
Retired Naval officer Emily Harman joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a wide-ranging discussion of her post-Navy experiences, especially those involving self-awareness and developing positive mindsets.
Voluntary CMMC assessments are set to begin in late August, but the just-released assessment process is leaving a lot of people scratching their heads.
In today's Federal Newscast: No surprise. Inflation is hitting the contracting community, along with everyone else. GAO reports that DoD has shoddy tactics for testing children for lead exposure. And the Customs and Border Protection directorate hits facial recognition technology right between the eyes.
GAO found DoD's Industrial Base Policy Office doesn't have a fully developed strategy to mitigate risks. Director of Contracting and National Security Acquisitions Bill Russell, joined the Federal Drive to explain.