Contracting
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Early in 2020, as a pandemic prepared to wreak havoc across the United States, HHS was a major part of the equation in dealing with an environment almost no one really imagined: large-scale telework.
July 28, 2020 -
Michael Wooten, the administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, said under the frictionless acquisition cross-agency priority goal under the President’s Management Agenda agencies have a series of goals and milestones over the next 18 months.
July 28, 2020 -
This week on Amtower Off Center, Bloomberg Government's Daniel Snyder joins host Mark Amtower to talk about STARS III, CIO-SP4, Alliant 2 and other large contracts that are emerging by the end of this fiscal year and early FY 2021.
July 27, 2020 -
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition Shawn Barnes said he wants to get to the point where Space Force has a “planning force” that drives the dollars so that the “program force” can be more functional.
July 21, 2020 -
Talk about a mixed bag. There's pandemic and a record season, the federal contracting spending, how ready is your company for all of this?
July 21, 2020 -
Bloomberg Government's Cameron Leuthy and Brian Friel with BD Squared, join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss contracting opportunities in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020.
July 20, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the General Services Administration publishes a colorful guide to a complicated issue -- the ban on Chinese telecommunications gear.
July 20, 2020 -
FAR Council took too long to get out new rules on acquisition of Chinese telecommunication products - one of the most critical rules in years.
July 20, 2020 -
Defense officials say COVID-19 "shattered the myth" that employees can't be productive while teleworking. In many cases, they're more productive than ever.
July 20, 2020 -
The Air Force is getting ready to expand the number of bases where it wants to install and test 5G capabilities.
July 17, 2020 -
There may be no clear path yet on how the economy will restart, or the precise roadmap that contractors should follow, but these preparations will provide a distinct advantage over competitors who prefer to take a “wait and see” approach to the recovery.
July 17, 2020 -
Suzette Kent, who recently left after more than two years as the federal CIO, said lawmakers need to reconsider how they fund technology modernization efforts so they are not just a one-year effort.
July 16, 2020 -
The two companies who had challenged U.S. Transportation Command's household goods contract have returned to the Government Accountability Office after TRANSCOM pledged to take corrective action and then decided not to.
July 15, 2020 -
The federal fourth quarter spending spree is in full swing with agencies expected to spend more money during the last three months of 2020 than they have spent in the previous five years during the final quarter of the fiscal year.
July 14, 2020 -
Almost all of the defense companies closed due to COVID-19 have reopened.
July 13, 2020