Larry Allen
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Contractors with expiring General Services Administration multiple award schedule contracts have a new goodie. A new clause gives an afterlife to that contract — a really long afterlife. That's just one of the tidbits you should know about from the weekly blog of Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners. He joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more details.
February 17, 2016 -
There's failure and then there's failure. Big and small. One way to prevent the big ones is to develop tolerance for the small ones along the way. That's in part the idea behind a Pentagon drive to get more commercial innovation into its so-called third offset strategy. For what this means to contractors, Larry Allen, principal at Allen Federal Business Partners spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the topic.
February 05, 2016 -
The General Services Administration is playing switcheroo with contractors on a promise to ease a paperwork burden. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the price education clause is alive and kicking.
January 19, 2016 Cybersecurity rules for contractors — that's something the Defense Department has been emphasizing. The brass want companies that hold sensitive federal information to better safeguard it, and notify officials when there's a breach. But those rules are delayed. Federal Drive with Tom Temin discussed what this all means with Larry Allen, principal of Allen Federal Business Partners.
January 14, 2016-
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, argues OMB and GSA are not following the money when trying to improve federal procurement processes.
January 11, 2016 -
You know what's like to be caught behind a parade. Traffic slows to a crawl and you've got no idea when you'll be moving again. The parade of political appointees leaving the administration and not being replaced is having a wet-blanket effect on buying and selling activity. That's according to Larry Allen of Allen Federal Business Partners, who shares his insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
January 11, 2016 -
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, will give us his thoughts on the year in government procurement, and provide an update on the recent NASA SEWP training conference. January 5, 2016
January 04, 2016 -
As 2015 winds down, federal contracting officers face changes in 2016. For one expert's take, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Partners.
December 22, 2015 -
After several days of last-minute haggling, the White House and congressional leaders finally reached a deal this week to fund the government through the end of 2016 — on top of an earlier agreement on top-line budget levels for both domestic agencies and defense through the end of 2017. There’s a lot to unpack in the budget deal, but Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin focused on how the agreement — coming a few months into the fiscal year — will affect federal procurement. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, helped Federal Drive do that.
December 18, 2015 -
The Justice Department is crowing about how it managed to collect $1 billion last year in false claims act violation settlements with federal contractors. That makes it sound like everyone is ripping off the government. Larry Allen, a federal business consultant and long-time expert in procurement, told Federal Drive with Tom Temin that top-line number fails to reflect the reality that few contractors actually set out to defraud their customer.
December 14, 2015 -
The contracting world is competitive, to say the last. Contractors can be tempted to overlook certain bid specs to get ahead of the competition. But details like security clearances and other personnel qualifications are crucial. It's a big mistake to think the government isn't paying attention. Two companies recently learned that lesson the hard way. Larry Allen is the president of Allen Federal Business Partners. He tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin that some services contractors need to be reminded of key basics.
November 24, 2015 -
Appropriators in the House and Senate are filling in the budget lines underneath the toplines in the bipartisan budget agreement President Barack Obama signed this week. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, tells In Depth with Francis Rose that the deal matters to contractors for at least three reasons.
November 05, 2015 -
The Office of Management and Budget is telling agencies they'll have five choices of laptop and desktop configurations to buy from now on and they'll have three choices of places to buy them from. They also have to explain to OMB why they shouldn't have to. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, tells In Depth with Francis Rose how this policy change will impact industry.
October 22, 2015 -
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Mark Amtower to discuss the pending fiscal year 2016 budget, GSA schedules and more. October 19, 2015
October 15, 2015 Innovation is a popular concept in the government contracting space. But agencies still crave experience and that means innovation may not be all it's cracked up to be. Larry Allen is president of Allen Federal Business Partners and writes The Week Ahead newsletter. He joined In Depth with Francis Rose to talk about the innovation versus experience debate.
October 15, 2015