Contracting
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Office of Federal Procurement Policy Administrator Dan Gordon issued a memo asking for agencies to improve their internal controls for collecting and submitting acquisition data. The Federal Procurement Data System has had data quality issues for more than a decade.
June 02, 2011 -
Larry Clifton, CACI\'s Senior Vice President of Recruiting, shares the do\'s and don\'ts for great recruiting.
June 01, 2011 -
Malcolm O\'Neill, the Army\'s assistant secretary for acquisitions, logistics and technology will resign his post for personal reasons, he told colleagues in an email Tuesday.
June 01, 2011 -
GSA Chief Acquisition Officer Mindy Connolly, discusses GSA\'s acquisition workforce, the Myth-Busters campaign, and sustainability in government procurement. May 31, 2011
May 31, 2011 -
FAR Council issues an interim rule to change the acquisition regulations. Agencies and contractors must start meeting new requirements for goods and services.
May 31, 2011 -
As the White House calls for international cooperation in cyberspace, the need for contracting support will be needed too. We learn more from Boeing\'s Roger Krone.
May 31, 2011 -
GSA continues its efforts to go green with a smaller fleet. GSA Chief of Staff Michael Robertson walks us through the process.
May 31, 2011 -
Guy Timberlake, chief visionary officer of the American Small Business Coalition joins host Markt Amtower to talk about the organization, and how it helps companies that want to do business with the government. May 30, 2011 (Encore presentation June 6, 2011)
May 30, 2011 -
Several outsourcing-friendly provisions made their way into the Defense authorization bill approved by the House of Representatives last week. The bill would lift a moratorium on public-private competitions via the A-76 process in DoD, and expresses the sense of Congress that DoD should insource only those jobs which are inherently governmental.
May 30, 2011 -
GAO found many agencies will fall short of the June 30 deadline to determine if they are using service contractors appropriately.
May 27, 2011 -
Spending cuts at the defense department are trickling down to contractors.
May 27, 2011 -
The Supreme Court ruled neither the government or the two contractors sued by the government (and who sued back) are due any money because state secrets were involved.
May 27, 2011 -
Agency chief information officers say the road to more agile acquisition and development of information technology has some speed bumps, including misaligned budgetary and acquisition cycles, and industry partners who are just as accustomed to the old way of doing things as the government is.
May 27, 2011 -
Three members of the House and four members of the Senate introduce companion pieces of legislation to head off the White House\'s draft executive order requiring contractors to disclose political contributions.
May 27, 2011 -
Bob Suda, the president of Suda and Associates, explains what the final guidance means for agencies and contractors.
May 26, 2011