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Gen. Ray Odierno, the commander of the soon to be shuttered Joint Forces Command said Wednesday that the vast majority of jobs lost in JFCOM\'s closure would be contracted positions. Most of the command\'s civilian and uniformed billets will be moved into a newly-created two-star command or transferred to individual military services.
February 09, 2011 -
The National Institute of Government Procurement is proposing professional guidelines for the public procurement field.
February 09, 2011 -
The Defense Department\'s acquisition chief said mergers would hurt competition.
February 09, 2011 -
DCAA has added 500 employees over the last two years but is conducting fewer, though higher quality, audits each year. Director Patrick Fitzgerald explains the thinking behind a new framework.
February 09, 2011 -
In part 3 of Federal News Radio\'s exclusive investigative series \"Discouraged and Disrespected at SBA,\" Karla Saunders weighs her options to find resolution in her three-year battle against alleged retaliation. Saunders and three other agency employees say they want to return to their original jobs and restore their reputations. SBA officials say the agency is focusing on strengthening management and oversight.
February 09, 2011 -
The Defense Department wants its information technology projects to be developed in smaller, faster chunks that take no more than 18 months to deploy. One Air Force program executive officer says he\'s already doing it in 12 months.
February 08, 2011 -
What does OMB\'s 25-point plan to reform IT and the OFPP\'s myth busting campaign mean for industry? Tom Sisti from SAP America joins the show to discuss. February 8, 2011
February 08, 2011 -
Improving the performance of federal contract audits is one way a Senate Committee us trying to root out waste, fraud and abuse.
February 08, 2011 -
The General Services Administration is turning its own headquarters into a \"living laboratory\" by putting three employees into the space of one. GSA\'s Cathy Kronopolus says changing demand is being made possible by change management.
February 08, 2011 -
Invited attendees will join the country\'s premiere cyber experts from U.S. Cyber Command, the National Security Agency, Defense Information Systems Agency and Department of Homeland Security plus top cyber intelligence officials, defense and commercial industry leaders from Constellation Energy, Federal Reserve, HP, Johns Hopkins Healthcare System, Lockheed Martin, ManTech, SAIC, TASC, TeleCommunication Systems for an interactive discussion with Maryland educators from K-12, colleges and universities and workforce development organizations.
February 08, 2011 -
In part 2 of the special investigative series, Diane Sellers said she faced another round of retaliation just this past January when management moved her into a new position without cause. Sellers and two other career agency officials say they are facing a hostile work environment because they blew the whistle on potential misconduct. SBA says there is no evidence of HR violations or creating phony positions.
February 08, 2011 -
Host Mark Amtower talks with Nick Wakeman, editor-in-chief of Washington Technology, about the goings on of the top 100 contractors in the federal space. February 7, 2011
February 07, 2011 -
The General Services Administration is teaming up with VeriSign to operate the domain name registry for .gov and fed.us. That means Verisign has the authority to provide designated domain name registration services to federal, state…
February 07, 2011 -
General Dynamics Information Technology, Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a single $83,587,512 firm-fixed-price contract for Special Operations Forces information technology enterprise contracts enterprise network services in support of U.S. Special Operations Command.
February 07, 2011 -
Jorge Scientific Corporation (Jorge), a leading provider of mission critical services to the Armed Forces and the federal government, has announced that it has acquired FedConcepts — an award-winning IT services and cyber-security provider to the federal government.
February 07, 2011