Reporter's Notebook
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Tom Sharpe, commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service, said over the summer the General Services Administration would make access to the e-Buy tool available to the public. Two weeks before the end of the year, the transparency effort continues to hit roadblocks.
December 14, 2015 -
A year after the Office of Federal Procurement Policy issued a major policy strategy, industry experts say communication between contracting officers and vendors remains the biggest obstacle to success.
December 14, 2015 -
The latest task order under the continuous diagnostic and mitigation (CDM) program would bring continuous monitoring-as-a-service (CMaaS) to 41 small and micro agencies.
December 07, 2015 -
The Veterans Affairs Department’s Vets First program is taking center stage before the nine justices over whether it applies to the general supply schedule programs.
December 07, 2015 -
The Office of Personnel Management issued a solicitation for a workforce analysis of Federal Investigative Services and those offices that support it.
December 07, 2015 -
Jeff Press, from the Commerce Department, and Billy Milton, from the Agriculture Department, joined a growing list of federal executives moving on from government service.
November 16, 2015 -
Savantage Solutions continues to pursue a lawsuit against the Homeland Security Department for the agency's plans to move its financial management system to a federal shared service provider and not give the private sector a fair opportunity to bid.
November 16, 2015 -
Federal employees are frustrated by long wait times and poor communication about why it's taking so long to change benefits during Open Season.
November 16, 2015 -
In this week's Inside the Reporter's Notebook, vendors and agencies need to improve communication starting with oral debriefings for all contract awards as part of an effort to stem the real and perceived increases of bid-protests, says Rob Burton, a former OFPP deputy administrator and now partner with Venable.
November 09, 2015 -
OFPP Administrator Anne Rung released a memo telling agencies to accept others' earned value management system certifications.
November 09, 2015 -
Vendors and agencies need to improve communication starting with oral debriefings for all contract awards as part of an effort to stem the real and perceived increases of bid-protests, said Rob Burton, a former OFPP deputy administrator and now partner with Venable.
November 09, 2015 -
Federal CIOs are unsure of the value of the new platform-as-a-service from GSA's 18F, but are interested in learning more. Meanwhile, industry and other CIOs are concerned about unfair competition.
October 19, 2015 -
The General Services Administration on Oct. 16 released a 15-year, $50 billion telecommunications solicitation as the follow-on to the Networx contract. GSA hopes to avoid the mistakes it made with Networx with the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions vehicle.
October 19, 2015 -
LaVerne Council, the Veterans Affairs Department's new CIO, is trying to take on long-standing cybersecurity problems and repair her office's relationship with Capitol Hill.
October 19, 2015 -
Federal CIOs are unsure of the value of the new platform-as-a-service from GSA's 18F, but are interested in learning more. Meanwhile, industry and other CIOs are concerned about unfair competition.
October 19, 2015