Contracting
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Procurement and contracting have been hot-button issues in the federal space lately. The President has pledged to reform the system, but a new administrator for federal procurement policy has yet to be named. Angela Styles…
March 23, 2009 -
Collaboration is difficult because, in most cases, it involves changing the way we have done business. That is particularly true in government, which can often be stymied by the ‘that’s not the way we do…
March 18, 2009 -
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Tomorrow is a red-letter day for federal buildings. The General Services Administration is singling out 18 for top honors in its Design Awards ceremony. Is your building on the list? Thomas Grooms, Director of the…
March 18, 2009 - GSA renames regional administrators as ‘regional commissioners’ — the first step to a broader reorg?
Acting Administrator Paul Prouty sent out a memo last week to GSA offices announcing that he is changing titles for assistant regional administrators and deputy assistant regional administrators. Here is the memo sent out March…
March 16, 2009 -
You probably still associate David Winstead with the GSA, where he was commissioner of public buildings. Well, he’s out of government now and has joined the law firm, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP. He’s…
March 13, 2009 -
Proper implementation of Chief Management Officer is key to improvements
March 12, 2009 -
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The employee-free-choice act, or “card check” is the proposed legislation that would eliminate secret-ballot elections in the process used to form workplace unions. But how would it affect local federal contractors? Bobbie Kilberg is President…
March 11, 2009 -
There are a lot of opinions on how the defense procurement process could be reformed. The House Armed Services Committee has formed a bi-partisan panel to deal with the issue, and there is a bill…
March 10, 2009 -
Opportunity name:Information Technology Support Services IV (ITSS IV)
March 09, 2009 -
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Yes, we said Tuesday that the announcement that could — emphasizing that we did say could — come on Wednesday… and no, it didn’t happen… clearly. They must have been too busy talking government contracting?…
March 04, 2009 -
Complaint filed accusing EMC Corp. of failing to disclose its commercial pricing practices during negotiation of its GSA contracts and of providing improper payments
March 03, 2009 -
GSA looking at Web 2.0, green IT to help agencies, improve services
March 03, 2009