Larry Allen

With all of the mandates and threats, should companies really “want” federal contracts?

Between COVID-related mandates and burgeoning cybersecurity requirements and False Claims Act threats, is it still worth the trouble for companies to try…

Contracting

Lack of a government shutdown is not the same as a timely start to the fiscal year

Congress

The state of the GovCon market

Amtower Off-Center

One contractor learned that it’s a bad idea to bribe federal officials

Contracting

What another continuing resolution could mean for contractors in 2022

Contracting

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2020, file photo dark clouds and heavy rain sweep over the U.S. Capitol in Washington. At least a government shutdown is off the table. But as lawmakers straggle back to Washington for an abbreviated pre-election session, hopes are fading for a pandemic relief bill, or much else. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Another potential government shutdown looms as the fiscal year starts to draw to a close

Congress

Federal contractors who don’t get vaccinated can anticipate business complications

Contracting

Labor Department brings new acquisition oversight amid OFPP limbo

Contracting

What to know as Q4 2021 federal spending boost gets underway

Contracting

For contractors, the GSA multiple awards schedule could be a safe harbor in the year ahead

Contracting

If you sell pencils to the government, they’d better be environmentally friendly pencils

Contracting

Contracting in fiscal 2021

Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joined host Mark Amtower on this week’s Amtower Off Center for a wide-ranging discussion of…

Amtower Off-Center

So-called regular appropriations work is getting later and later — that’s not good

The longer it takes the Biden administration to get its final fiscal year 2022 appropriation request out, the worse it’ll be for federal contracting. By…

Contracting

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2020, file photo the General Services Administration building is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Washington. An agency little known outside Washington, the General Services Administration, has held off on recognizing President-elect Joe Biden as the president-elect, denying him access to the money, offices and machinery routinely afforded to the incoming team. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

GSA claims success of TDR pilot, but industry experts not sold

Reporter's Notebook

Jeff Koses, GSA’s senior procurement executive, wrote in a blog post that the Transactional Data Reporting pilot proved it’s a worthy replacement for the dreaded Price Reduction Clause.

Larry Allen

With all of the mandates and threats, should companies really “want” federal contracts?

Lack of a government shutdown is not the same as a timely start to the fiscal year

The state of the GovCon market

One contractor learned that it’s a bad idea to bribe federal officials

What another continuing resolution could mean for contractors in 2022

Another potential government shutdown looms as the fiscal year starts to draw to a close

Federal contractors who don’t get vaccinated can anticipate business complications

Labor Department brings new acquisition oversight amid OFPP limbo

What to know as Q4 2021 federal spending boost gets underway

For contractors, the GSA multiple awards schedule could be a safe harbor in the year ahead

If you sell pencils to the government, they’d better be environmentally friendly pencils

Contracting in fiscal 2021

So-called regular appropriations work is getting later and later — that’s not good

GSA claims success of TDR pilot, but industry experts not sold

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