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.


  • GSA Administrator Emily Murphy joins host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf to discuss MAS consolidation, catalog management and other cornerstone initiatives of her agency’s Federal Marketplace Strategy.
    June 14, 2019
  • Bill Gormley, chair of the Coalition for Government Procurement joins host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf to discuss the coalition’s recent spring training conference, and the key issues and opportunities facing GSA…
    June 11, 2019
  • This week on Off the Shelf, Federal News Radio Executive Editor Jason Miller joins host Roger Waldron for a wide ranging discussion of the top acquisition stories including the implementation of the Section 846 eCommerce…
    June 11, 2019
  • Jon Etherton, president of Etherton and Associates, joins host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf to discuss eCommerce, supply chain security and potential acquisition related provisions under consideration for the National Defense Authorization…
    May 20, 2019
  • Tom Sisti, executive vice president and general counsel for the Coalition for Government Procurement joins host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf to discuss trends in cybersecurity and supply chain risk, and the…
    May 14, 2019
  • Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf to discuss GSA’s schedule modernization efforts and what it means for contractors and federal agencies.
    May 14, 2019
  • Ray Bjorklund, president of BirchGrove Consulting joins host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf, to discuss the state of the federal market, including how it was impacted by the recent government shutdown.
    April 30, 2019
  • Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller joins host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf for a wide ranging interview on the top procurement issues, including category management, contract duplication, eCommerce and the…
    April 1, 2019
  • Susan Cengiz, Jeffery Wehner and Lisa Wax of LMI join host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf to talk about logistics management, data analytics, the growing uses of OTAs. and current trends in…
    March 26, 2019
  • Bill Gormley, president of the Gormley Group, joins host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf to discuss the top procurement issues in 2019 including the challenges posed by GSA’s schedules modernization initiative.
    March 7, 2019
  • Tom Sisti, vice president and chief legislative counsel for SAP, joins host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf to discuss the state of commercial item contracting and the e-commerce implementation of Section 846…
    March 7, 2019
  • Alan Thomas, commissioner of GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, gives an update on his agency’s Federal Market Place Initiative and what it means for federal agencies and contractors.
    March 7, 2019
  • Erik Bruice, vice president of Health Solutions at Northrop Grumman, joins host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf, to discuss how the military health market is changing and how his company is using…
    February 4, 2019
  • Jonathan Aronie, partner at Sheppard Mullin discusses schedule modernization, bid protests, Section 846 and transactional data reporting and more during a wide ranging discussion with host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf.
    January 28, 2019