Contracting
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Federal spending for large quantities of medical supplies sucked in many companies doing business with the government for the first time. In fact, five times as many as in a normal year.
August 10, 2021 -
Advice to contractors covers the general and the topical, and it needs to be clear.
August 09, 2021 -
Marcia Madsen and David Dowd, partners at Mayer Brown LLP, and Alan Thomas, chief operating officer at IntelliBridge, joined host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the program, legal, policy, and market issues surrounding the JEDI procurement.
August 09, 2021 -
The IBM Center for the Business of Government has sponsored a detailed analysis of OTAs and how the government is using them.
August 06, 2021 -
For several years, agency acquisition shops have been getting more comfortable with buying outside of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
August 06, 2021 -
Congress is concerned that after nearly two years the Space Force doesn't have much to show.
August 05, 2021 -
As detailed as solicitations and procurement rules might be, protests are a regular part of the federal contracting scene. Joseph Petrillo, attorney at the law firm Smith Pachter McWhorter, provided some analysis on the topic.
August 05, 2021 -
Biniam Gebre has spent the last four years working for Accenture Federal Services leading the management consulting division.
August 04, 2021 -
Soraya Correa recently retired from public service on July 31 after spending the last six as the chief procurement officer at the Department of Homeland Security.
August 04, 2021 -
Lee Frederiksen, managing partner of Hinge Marketing, joined host Mark Amtower on Amtower Off Center to discuss the rise of relevance, and its importance in high growth professional services companies.
August 04, 2021 -
Contractor employees who haven't done so already need to roll up those sleeves and get a vaccination — that is, if they want to go back on site.
August 03, 2021 -
The solicitation for the new vehicle known as CIO-SP4 was barely out before it ran into protests. Since then NITAAC has issued eight amendments to the solicitation and it's making industry scratch its head.
July 30, 2021 -
OMB is releasing an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking today that, among other things, raises the percentage of component parts required to be manufactured in the U.S. in a product that agencies buy.
July 28, 2021 -
Marissa Levin, co-founder of Successful Culture International, joined host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the importance of boards of advisers, and the steps companies can take to avoid mistakes when selecting them.
July 28, 2021 -
Shelby Oakley, a director in the Government Accountability Office's Contracting and National Security Acquisitions team, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a wide ranging discussion of her agency's reports on key procurement programs in the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.
July 27, 2021