Contracting
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The Navy has delayed awarding a contract to build 20 Littoral Combat ships.
December 14, 2010 -
DISA\'s Tony Montemorano explains the delay in the request for proposal for the Global Information Grid.
December 13, 2010 -
U.S. officials are trying to talk the Afghan government out of banning private contractors.
December 13, 2010 -
The FAR Councils issued an interim rule requiring changes to the use of and oversight of interagency contracts. OFPP reports that agencies spent $52 billion on multiple award and GWACs in 2009. The new requirements will help get that spending under better control, the councils say.
December 13, 2010 -
Contracting officers have been reluctant to wade into RFPs. Steve Schooner says they should, in fact, be at the very center of discussions right from the start. The professor of federal contracting tells us why.
December 13, 2010 -
The use of cloud computing is one of the major aspects of the administration’s “25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal Information Technology Management.†OMB recently announced a cloud-first policy for agency IT programs moving forward. Last week, OMB released more details on its cloud computing plans for agencies.   Federal News Radio’s Jason Miller [...]
December 12, 2010 -
The Office of Management and Budget said many feds responsible for IT acquisition are so cautious about running afoul of ethics rules that they\'re passing up what could be productive interactions with the industry. The administration plans to start an awareness campaign to improve communication between agencies and vendors.
December 10, 2010 -
The Office of Management and Budget is going on a myth-busting campaign. OMB wants you to know that talking to vendors is not only permitted, it’s expected. Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu joined the DorobekINSIDER…
December 10, 2010 -
ManTech, a defense contractor, is looking to fill more than 400 jobs, many being moved as a result of BRAC.
December 10, 2010 -
Randolph Hite with GAO says his experience over the last 30 years in looking at large-scale IT projects across more federal departments and agencies than I can name has shown that this self-evident truth has been long and widely recognized and adopted when it comes to how IT projects are developed or acquired.
December 10, 2010 -
Former head of the Coalition of Government Procurement, Larry Allen, discusses the move toward more sustainable government acquisition.
December 09, 2010 -
Alicia Sanchez, the games czar at the Defense Acquisition University, explains how online games are helping workers learn about procurement.
December 09, 2010 -
At one conference, the Government Contract Management Conference, we learn about plans for a NEW conference from NASA\'s Joanne Woytek.
December 09, 2010 -
Between budget and acquisition reform, things are changing fast in procurement at the Defense Department. Dayton Aerospace\'s Gary Poleskey gives us his view.
December 09, 2010 -
The USPS OIG has completed a new report to determined if contracting officers issued letters to contracting officer\'s representatives detailing their responsibilities and limitations and if invoices were properly certified. To explain what the means for us is the Postal Service\'s Judy Leonhardt.
December 09, 2010