Alan Chvotkin

The General Services Administration says the number of help desk calls about the beta.sam.gov website is at or below the levels that came in for the old site. Some contractors, however, say the new site continues to struggle and remains frustrating to many.

The General Services Administration replaced FedBizOpps with a system called Beta.Sam.gov but contractors are finding the new system isn’t much better.

The General Services Administration named Julie Dunne and Tom Howder to lead the Federal Acquisition Service on a permanent basis. Both has been acting in the commissioner and deputy commissioner roles, respectively.

The Executive Vice President and counsel at the Professional Services Council, Alan Chvotkin, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for details.

Defense contractors have to keep their eyes and ears open this week, says Alan Chvotkin at the Professional Services Council.

With a Capitol Hill seemingly paralyzed by impeachment zeal, what about the needs of, well, federal agencies who want to do work for the public?

The Defense Department is out with its first department-wide intellectual property strategy but it leaves a lot of details still to be addressed.

Both changes were mandated by law, but they took a while. Alan Chvotkin at the Professional Services Council gave his take.

With cybersecurity among the top national security concerns, the Pentagon has been pushing for greater cybersecurity in its supply chain — all 300,000 companies in it.

The Coalition for Government Procurement, the National Defense Industrial Association and the Professional Services Council say the interim final rule published Aug. 13 needs some clarity around False Claims Act liability.