Larry Allen
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Congress is currently flirting with the possibility of a government shutdown, as well as the potential year long continuing resolution no one wants, not to mention the fact that inflation is making it harder to conduct business and getting permission to increase prices remains difficult.
September 27, 2022 -
Federal agencies are moving into the spend it or lose it stage of the fiscal year with just two weeks to go.
September 13, 2022 -
.Just a month remains in the fiscal year. And now contractors are working overtime to make those numbers. But now's not the time to make mistakes that could cost you future business or draw a protest.
August 30, 2022 -
Federal contracting expert Larry Allen says that's fine in principle, but the whole idea rests on the notion that agencies have high quality data to support their programs.
August 15, 2022 -
The AGILE Procurement Act in the Senate intends to make it easier for the government to buy commercial goods and services.
August 02, 2022 -
A high ranking military official recently cited acquisition and the Defense supply chain in predicting mathematical certainty of the US losing out to China. That made contractors sit up and listen.
July 19, 2022 -
This first week in July, contractors are making the start of the fiscal quarter in which the government spends the biggest portion of available dollars.
July 06, 2022 -
The General Services Administration is spending nearly all of its efforts towards the idea of customer experience. That's what Federal Acquisition Commissioner Tom Howder told the coalition for government procurement the other day What does that mean for contractors?
June 22, 2022 -
The General Services Administration is still in the process of consolidating its Schedules program into a single procurement vehicle. And although it’s undoubtedly one of the biggest changes in the program’s history, there’s a lot else going on with the Schedules that vendors need to be paying attention to.
June 07, 2022 -
The fact that government spends more on services than it does on stuff isn’t exactly new. But even within that services portfolio, federal contracts are increasingly consolidated within a relative handful of market segments.
May 24, 2022 -
Small businesses have until May 23 to submit comments on GSA’s suggested changes to the mentor-protégé requirements under the solicitation Polaris governmentwide acquisition contract.
May 13, 2022 -
Forget about the idea of six degrees of separation. In the world of government contracting people are no more than a hopper two away from one another.
May 10, 2022 -
The 2022 fiscal year got compressed to six months. To help with their crucial acquisitions, many agencies have already turned to the General Services Administration. Staff at GSA's assisted acquisition services are busy, but it's not too late to get in.
April 26, 2022 -
The General Services Administration has dubbed a blanket purchasing agreement for cloud services with the name ASCEND. Is GSA rising to the occasion? Federal Drive with Tom Temin got one view from federal sales and marketing consultant, Larry Allen.
April 12, 2022 -
GSA FAS Commissioner Sonny Hashmi outlined five personnel moves as part of his approach to improving customer experience.
April 01, 2022