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.
Roger Waldron looks at the impact of OFPP Administrator Anne Rung’s memorandum for all Chief Acquisition Officers and Senior Procurement Executives on transforming federal procurement.
Jon Etherton, president of Etherton & Associates Inc., joins host Roger Waldron to discuss the state of commercial item acquisition, contract duplication and the FY 2016 National Defense Authorization Act. November 10, 2015
The U.S. government says it's the world’s biggest customer. When you add all of its spending together, it might have a point. But right or wrong, that claim is rubbing some vendors the wrong way. Roger Waldron, president of the Coalition for Government Procurement, explained it all to In Depth with Francis Rose.
Casey Kelley, John Cavadias and Richard Blake, members of GSA's Alliant 2 management team will discuss the program's overall acquisition strategy and goals. October 27, 2015
Tens of millions of dollars in agency-by-agency service contracts are due to expire next year. GSA hopes to transition a large proportion of the spending into governmentwide vehicles such as OASIS and the GSA schedules.
The federal government's claim to be the 'world's biggest customer' is apparently rubbing a lot of vendors the wrong way.
Mark White, Global Technology CTO for Deloitte Consulting LLP, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss the company's recent report: "Tech Trends 2015: The Fusion of business and IT: A public sector perspective." October 13, 2015
A year in the making, the General Services Administration launched a consolidated professional services schedule contract on Oct. 1 to merge eight multiple award contracts into one.
A request for information to update the IT schedule receives initial positive reviews, but modernizing the largest multiple award contract has never been easy.
Tom Sharpe, the commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service at GSA, said the agency is working through comments from contractors to try to find the best approach possible to reporting data on schedule buys.
Bill Gormley, president of the Gormley Group and chairman of the Coalition for Government Procurement, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss market strategies, end of year procurement trends and more. July 28, 2015
Bloomberg Government\'s Brian Friel and Cameron Leuthy join host Roger Waldron to discuss the current federal budget landscape, and provide an overview of multiple award contracts across government. July 21, 2015
Dr. Jack Midgley, director with Deloitte Tohmastu Consulting, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss Deloitte's 2015 Global Defense Outlook report. June 30, 2015
A new executive order is causing some heartburn for the contracting community. Roger Waldron is the president of the Coalition for Government Procurement. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose, why industry is hesitant about proposed guidelines to implement the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces executive order.