Larry Allen
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A bill in the Senate would, with bipartisan backing, order agencies to modernize their information technology. But it wouldn't come with any funds dedicated to doing so.
March 29, 2022 -
Contractors and their representatives report troubles with the Multiple Award Schedule system. The MAS is the long running and very popular system for delivering routine products to the government. The General Services Administration has operated the schedules for decades.
March 15, 2022 -
The inflation rate is at its highest since the 1990s and contractors are losing money and some may be thinking about leaving the federal industrial base altogether.
March 09, 2022 -
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf, to discuss the state of GSA’s major governmentwide contracting programs.
March 02, 2022 -
Longtime federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more.
March 01, 2022 -
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joined host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a wide ranging discussion on the emergence of POLARIS, the issues around CIO-SP4 and the new GSA Services MAC.
February 25, 2022 -
Even if Congress agrees on a budget deal by March 11, that means 2022 money will arrive nearly halfway through the fiscal year.
February 15, 2022 -
On of the weirder federal IT developments of recent years is how slowly agencies are using a governmentwide telecom contract that's supposed to be mandatory. It's the Enterprise Information Solutions multiple-award program operated by the General Services Administration. For some facts and figures, and why this might be happening, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen.
February 01, 2022 -
Would-be companies new to the Defense market say they have trouble getting an audience, much less a contract.
January 19, 2022 -
For a federal contractor, the best motivation for a new year's resolution is a better shot at more work.
January 04, 2022 -
Few acquisition methods have proven as popular with agency buyers than indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contracts. Protests, though, have killed off at least one planned IDIQ, and threaten to delay or stop a couple of others.
December 21, 2021 -
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, offers an inside look at some of the most unusual questions he’s received this year.
December 20, 2021 -
The latest continuing resolution will keep the government funded somehow until Feb. 18. But it means any fresh initiatives won't have a chance to get underway until March at the earliest.
December 07, 2021 -
Despite the strength of the market, dark clouds hover over contractors. That's according to Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners. He explained why on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
November 23, 2021 -
The world of procurement the last week has been dropped into a blender. Federal Drive with Tom Temin got an assessment from federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen.
November 09, 2021