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In today's Federal Newscast, GAO, OMB butt heads over cost estimating for projects winning extra funding for IT modernization.
The fact that government spends more on services than it does on stuff isn’t exactly new. But even within that services portfolio, federal contracts are increasingly consolidated within a relative handful of market segments.
The civilian and Defense sides of the government have taken a big step together to move the Defense Department's innovative, nontraditional contractors to the mainstream of federal contracting.
The Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs launched a portal for contractors and subs to certify their affirmative action programs.
Public and private sectors increasingly rely on emerging technologies to deliver a better experience to their customers or constituents. Every other tender or request for proposal is loaded with the ask for newer and varied technology. It provides an excellent opportunity for technology consultants and suppliers to expand, but it does not always make sense for vendors to stack up services endlessly.
Moshe Schwartz argues the National Security Innovation and Industrial Base is becoming detached from the greater U.S. economic base as private industry increasingly opts not to work with the federal government in general, and the Defense Department in particular.
Jeff Schramek, the deputy commissioner for fiscal accounting and shared services at the Bureau of Fiscal Service in the Treasury Department, said taking a human centered design approach to improving its shared services offerings.
One thing government contracting shops are sticklers for is receiving bids by the stated deadline. Two days or two seconds late, and would-be contractors are out of luck. That's true even if the government's own IT systems screw up or cause the lateness.
Data requirements to ensure lack of bias in AI and transparency and how it works are not part of the standard license agreements.
The Senate could vote tomorrow on a $40 billion military aid package for Ukraine. It's already passed the House. Whatever happens, it will require contracts and contractors.
Small businesses have until May 23 to submit comments on GSA’s suggested changes to the mentor-protégé requirements under the solicitation Polaris governmentwide acquisition contract.
For anyone in Washington wanting to understand something in the Defense Department budget, Todd Harrison has been a go-to analyst. Now, after seven years at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, he's leaving to join a defense company.
There is a high barrier to entry for companies to do business with government and DoD. This means DoD does not always have access to the most innovative solutions because companies driving innovation in the private sector have to jump through so many hurdles before they can even win their first government contract.
Forget about the idea of six degrees of separation. In the world of government contracting people are no more than a hopper two away from one another.