Off the Shelf

Hosted by Roger Waldron of the Coalition for Government Procurement, Off the Shelf interviews federal contracting experts from both inside and outside of government on the issues that matter most.


  • Jeff Koses, senior procurement executive at the General Services Administration (GSA) joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a discussion of the agency's current procurement policy priorities.  
    September 18, 2024
  • Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss key procurement policy developments across the federal market.
    September 17, 2024
  • Tony Celeste, head of Ingram Micro Public Sector LLC and Promark Technology Inc., joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a wide-ranging discussion of significant trends shaping the federal IT market. 
    August 27, 2024
  • This week on Off the Shelf, Al Montoya and Spencer Roberts with the Veterans Health Administration join host Roger Waldron to discuss the agency's key strategic priorities. 
    August 1, 2024
  • This week on Off the Shelf, Joy Sturm, partner at Hogan Lovells, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss the proposed BIOSECURE Act that would reshape biotechnology supply chains serving the federal government.  
    July 18, 2024
  • George Washington University Law School Professor Steve Schooner joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a wide-ranging discussion of green acquisition and the role of sustainability policy in the federal procurement market. 
    July 7, 2024
  • Jason Workmaster, Member at Miller & Chevalier, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf, to discuss recent legal developments in federal procurement.
    June 30, 2024
  • The Gormley Group’s Sean Nulty and Andrew Sisti join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf  for a deep dive into current trends shaping the contract negotiations and administration under GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program.
    June 28, 2024
  • Tim Keeler, partner, and co-head of the International Trade team at Mayer Brown, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the inter-agency structure, purpose, and scope of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).
    June 24, 2024
  • Moshe Schwartz, president of Etherton and Associates, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the economic, technological, and geopolitical trends that are shaping the federal market. 
    June 15, 2024
  • Jonathan Aronie, partner at Sheppard Mullin, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the spectrum of reviews, investigations, and audits that are part of doing business with the federal government. 
    June 7, 2024
  • This week on Off the Shelf, Townsend Bourne, partner at Sheppard Mullin, joins host Roger Waldron to talk about the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s proposed rule implementing the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA). 
    June 4, 2024
  • Bob Metzger, shareholder at Rogers Joseph O’Donnell, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the state of the federal government’s cybersecurity framework. 
    April 30, 2024
  • Alan Thomas, founder and chief strategist at Alpha Tango Strategies, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the history of the eCommerce platform and the acquisition and policy history of the CPI.
    April 16, 2024