Contracting
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A new draft memo, GSA says using the consumption model for cloud services would increase competition, and encourage new entrants to the schedule program.
June 14, 2021 -
The Biden administration has proposed showering every federal agency with expanded money, with the exceptions of the departments of Homeland Security and Defense.
June 14, 2021 -
The Army has expanded its temporary lodging improvement plans out to 2029.
June 14, 2021 -
Bill Gormley, president of the Gormley Group, and Tom Sisti, executive vice president and general counsel at the Coalition for Government Procurement, join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off The Shelf for a mid-year update on current programmatic, policy, and market trends in federal procurement.
June 11, 2021 -
As with many things in life, in the world of IT GWACs and governmentwide contracting vehicles, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
June 11, 2021 -
The National Contract Management Association has a new president - retired Air Force Lieutenant General and former director of the Defense Contract Management Agency, Wendy Masiello.
June 10, 2021 -
Why are so many federal information technology acquisition programs late, over budget, and not always delivering results? A supply chain and operations researcher at the University of Minnesota may have an answer.
June 10, 2021 -
Alex Welch, US Federal Lead, Gartner Consulting Data & Analytics Practice, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the increasing role artificial intelligence and data analytics are playing in decision-making.
June 09, 2021 -
The IRS obligates $2.5 billion a year in contract spending but one of the most common yet important questions in the contracting process is really hard to answer.
June 09, 2021 -
In its latest look at how the State Department manages itself, the Government Accountability Office found State has made a lot of progress. Federal Drive got the latest from GAO's Jason Bair.
June 09, 2021 -
This week on Amtower Off Center, Amber Hart, co-founder of The Pulse of GovCon, joined host Mark Amtower to talk about her company's mission and goals, and discuss end of the fiscal year spending in the federal government.
June 09, 2021 -
While Congress debates Biden's 2022 budget proposal, contractors should be adjusting their approaches to customers. With some of the dynamics at work, federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen.
June 08, 2021 -
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking a control layer that works by itself, so warfighters have less distraction. For the details, Program Manager Mary Schurgot spoke to Federal Drive.
June 07, 2021 -
Martin Reeves. chairman of the BCG Henderson Institute and senior vice president of the Boston Consulting Group, joined host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center, to discuss his new book, "The Imagination Machine."
June 07, 2021 -
Moshe Schwartz, president of Etherton and Associates, joined host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the key acquisition policy and budgetary priorities coming out of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act.
June 06, 2021