federal contracting

In today’s Federal Newscast, the General Services Administration makes its governmentwide category management awards exploration tool publicly available.

In today’s Federal Newscast, agencies receive new ways to protect their data on contractor or non-federal systems.

In today’s Federal Newscast, Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) introduced the Bogus Bonus Ban Act to try to rein in excessive spending on unwarranted bonuses to contractors who fail to meet certain standards on federal projects.

On this episode of Women of Washington, Gigi Schumm welcomed Lisa Mitnick, managing director for Accenture Digital.

In part 2 of his column about category management, IBM’s Tim Wood details how agencies can get started.

Tim Wood, vice president and partner for the Supply Chain Management Practice, IBM Global Business Services, details how agencies can take advantage of the concept of cognitive category management to save money and drive efficiencies.

The 2016 federal contractor survey sponsored by Grant Thornton found vendors are optimistic about working in the public sector, despite facing more competition and lower profit margins.

Contracting trends will likely continue into the next fiscal year. The only difference will be which agencies are spending the money.

The federal government has a growing backlog of unawarded contracts. Information technology represents the lion’s share of the potential business.

Few totally new ideas hatch under the stars, but some old ones gain currency. Here are two having to do with contracting.