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NAPA panel chair, Robert Shea, discusses how the presidential transition teams can avoid performance pitfalls through evidence-based approaches with some operational recommendations.
DoD's newest procurement system attempts to walk the line between best value and lowest-priced, technically acceptable.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, the Army needs to step up its efforts when reviewing how well contractors performed in the past, while the rest of the military services name the contractors they consider the cream of the crop.
Few totally new ideas hatch under the stars, but some old ones gain currency. Here are two having to do with contracting.
Wiggle in with program people early in the acquisition cycle so that contracting officers know exactly what it is the program needs or is trying to do.
September is the make-it or break-it month for contractors to do business with agencies. But is it too late for them to make some cash in the fiscal fourth?
In today's Top Federal Headlines, the Office of Personnel Management reminds agencies to use telework to protect workers from the brutal summer heat, and the largest federal employee union gives its opinion of Hillary Clinton's VP selection.
Feds don't feel they occupy a cubicle just to follow rules and push the proverbial paper. They know their missions and endeavor to really support them.
A new portal launches this week on the General Services Administration's Acquisition Gateway to help advise contracting people.
The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs certified to Congress that their electronic health records were finally interoperable. That was three months ago. And lawmakers aren’t satisfied with that assertion.
Two summer agom stargazers around the world were stunned by sharp images of Pluto beamed back by a NASA probe. Scientists got a highly detailed list of what the dwarf planet is actually made of. Federal Drive with Tom Temin guest Dennis Reuter spent decades, along with his team, developing the imaging spectometer that flew by Pluto. For his work, he is a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, the House Oversight Committee introduce bill to further whistleblower protections for contractors, and the Pentagon updates its 2015 Law of War manual.
The Homeland Security Department eliminated a massive backlog of chemical plants that were waiting for federal anti-terrorism inspections. As Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin, previous estimates said DHS wouldn’t clear the backlog until at least the end of the decade.
The Environmental Protection Agency has a policy of making sure its regulatory actions take into account what the agency calls environmental justice. It's proving its analysis with detailed technical guidance to make sure work is consistent across the agency. Kelly Maguire, an economist EPA's Office of Policy and Charles Lee, EPA's deputy associate assistant administrator for environmental justice, tell Federal Drive with Tom Temin what this all means.