Industry
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Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree that federal contractors need to be a major part of the discussion on rightsizing the federal workforce. But, they have not yet come to terms with whether the debate is about just raw numbers or having the right number of employees doing an amount of work they can handle.
May 26, 2011 -
The agency is extending the FTS2001 bridge contract with four vendors for at least another six months. Most of the largest agencies have not fully transitioned to the telecommunications. GSA is readying several other contracts including for HSPD-12 services and strategic sourcing for wireless services.
May 20, 2011 -
The Secretary of the Army said Wednesday that the service agreed with most of the recommendations of a blue ribbon panel on reforming its acquisition process. Secretary John McHugh told Congress the Army was moving forward with 63 of the 76 recommendations.
May 19, 2011 -
A day after the Department of Homeland Security cancelled its $450 million contract to modernize and unify its backoffice IT systems, the department\'s acting CFO told Congress DHS will focus first on modernizing the infrastructure of the department\'s components that are severely out of date. A new strategy for an integrated, departmentwide system has yet to be determined, she said.
May 16, 2011 -
By Jason Miller Executive Editor Federal News Radio The Senate yesterday approved the ability of vendors to protest task and delivery orders from civilian agencies worth more than $10 million to the Government Accountability Office…
May 13, 2011 -
Sen. Mikulski and Rep. Sarbanes introduce legislation to change the way agencies outsource jobs and determine what are inherently governmental functions.
May 13, 2011 -
Republican House lawmakers are frustrated and concerned over the draft Executive Order requiring contractors to make campaign contributions public. OFPP\'s Dan Gordon declines to answer specific questions about the proposal, but said transparency is key to ensuring trust in the procurement system.
May 13, 2011 -
Mobile technology is changing how the federal government works. Federal News Radio spoke with CRGT CEO Tom Ferrando, for a pulse check on technology and contracting.
May 12, 2011 -
Seventy percent of the Defense Information System Agency\'s workers are making the move to Ft. Meade, Md. DISA, however, is keeping the pipeline of potential new hires stocked and taking steps to improve the hiring process. Vendors also have not seen a large exit of employees, but could later this fall.
May 12, 2011 -
Researchers at the Center for Strategic and International Studies find trends toward more competition in Defense Department contracting between 1999 and 2010. The Washington think tank also found DoD also had increased the use of fixed price contracting.
May 09, 2011 -
The U.S. Joint Forces Command, which will be formally disestablished later this year as part of Defense Secretary Robert Gates\' efficiency initiative, had several of its functions transferred to other DoD components on Tuesday. The Pentagon said the realignment would preserve critical capabilities and place them in other branches of the department\'s organizational chart.
May 03, 2011 -
More than a quarter of the Senate wrote to the President asking for more details on the proposal to require contractors to disclose political contributions.
April 27, 2011 -
A Defense Science Board panel found DoD\'s procedures and its senior leaders don\'t give service contracts the attention they deserve. Service contracts make up more than 50 percent of the Defense Department\'s acquisition budget.
April 25, 2011 -
The General Services Administration has lost a protest to CarlsonWagonlit Sato Travel on the follow-on contract for agencies up upgrade their governmentwide E-Travel systems.
April 25, 2011 -
White House is considering issuing an executive order that would require vendors to submit information about their political contributions as part of their bid proposal package. Industry associations say the proposal wouldn\'t keep political influence out of the acquisition process, but likely add it in. The administration claims the draft order is all about greater transparency and accountability.
April 21, 2011