Contracting
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With professional services growing as a percentage of federal contract dollars, agencies pay close attention to whom its bidders are offering.
August 22, 2019 -
Agencies have released only 23 of the expected 127 solicitations under the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract so far and GSA set a Sept. 30 deadline for all RFPs to be out the door.
August 20, 2019 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, for the first time in 12 years, federal civilian agencies suffered no major cyber incidents in fiscal 2018.
August 19, 2019 -
The Department of Homeland Security released a solicitation through its Commercial Solutions Opening pilot to see if vendors have artificial intelligence tools to improve the Contractor Performance Assessment Retrieval System (CPARS) process.
August 19, 2019 -
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Program Support Center is not answering the phone or email for many of its customers and decided it doesn’t have the authority to transfer contracts back to their home agencies.
August 19, 2019 -
Larry Allen, managing director at BDO, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss what's going on and what it means to contractors.
August 19, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, agencies have one less thing to worry about for the final six weeks of fiscal 2019, budget cuts due to sequestration are not on the table.
August 16, 2019 -
This week, the FAR Council issued an interim rule implementing a piece of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2019, prohibits contracting for certain telecommunications and video surveillance services from some Chinese entities or affiliates — or those found to be connected to China.
August 16, 2019 -
Alex Sisserson, a product manager for Iron Mountain Government Solutions, details the steps agencies should consider to make sure they safely dispose of technology devices and equipment.
August 15, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt announced plans to streamline the department's 13 ethics programs into one.
August 15, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has launched the Contractor Assistance Portal.
August 14, 2019 -
In much welcomed news, the General Services Administration is taking on the long overdue update of FBO.gov.
August 14, 2019 -
Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke to Sharon Silas, acting director for Health Care Issues at the Government Accountability Office.
August 14, 2019 -
The Pentagon IG said a "multidisciplinary team" is conducting an investigation into potential improprieties, and plans to issue a report "as expeditiously as possible."
August 13, 2019 -
Jimmie Adkins, the vice president of federal for Ruckus Networks, said 5G and CBRS will change the way agencies use connected devices and enable a faster, more secure network.
August 12, 2019