Professional Services Council
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For federal agencies, presidential administrations are like guests who come and go, but leave their baggage behind. That's why it often takes contractors to help program managers keep up with the accumulated reporting requirements and guidance compliance. OMB Director Mick Mulvaney said he wants to clear some of the clutter and Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president and counsel at the Professional Services Council, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss the possibilities.
June 20, 2017 -
Industry experts reacted with optimism and surprise to the decision by the General Services Administration to merge the Technology Transformation Service into the Federal Acquisition Service.
June 12, 2017 -
Congress is considering several reform bills, and agencies are supposed to be complying with the Trump administration's create-one, kill-two order. Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president and counsel at the Professional Services Council, provides an update for Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
May 22, 2017 -
When Secretary of State Rex Tillerson kicked off a reorganization with a speech to career employees, he followed that with a survey going to everyone. It's part of a governmentwide reorganization envisioned by the Trump administration. And it's got observers, like contractors, wondering where this is all headed. Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president and counsel at the Professional Services Council, offers his take on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
May 08, 2017 -
The Trump administration has ordered up a reorganization that's got both opportunities and dangers. Dave Wennergren, chief operating officer of the Professional Services Council and former federal executive, discusses some of the options on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 24, 2017 -
Former deputy undersecretary of Defense Bill Greenwalt will serve as the Professional Services Council's new senior advisor for research and development, the group announced Wednesday.
April 19, 2017 -
The Defense Contract Audit Agency is beset by backlogs and other problems and industry has ideas that might help.
April 17, 2017 -
The Office of Management and Budget’s ambitious plan to reorganize and restructure the government is asking agencies to consider ideas such as shared services, insourcing and outsourcing and all-but-mandating the use of existing multiple-award contracts. These concepts have real potential to change and transform agencies and their mission areas.
April 17, 2017 -
Organization, accountability and a willingness to partner with industry are necessary to improving federal IT acquisition.
March 29, 2017 -
The Trump administration will soon be asking for public comment and expert input on what a reorganized federal government would look like. David Berteau, president of the Professional Services Council, said this will be reminiscent of another reorganization from the Reagan era, the Grace Commission.
March 28, 2017 -
The process might not be pretty, but budget experts predict civilian agencies won't face $18 billion in spending cuts during the last five months of fiscal 2017. The President submitted a budget amendment for 2017 last week, which proposed major boosts to defense and homeland security spending and civilian agency offsets.
March 23, 2017 -
The Defense innovation unit on the West Coast hasn't shut it doors with the change in administration. But there's a danger in all of this innovation when it comes to procurement and treatment. Dave Wennergren, executive vice president of the Professional Services Council, shares his insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
March 13, 2017 -
When President Donald Trump issued his executive order freezing federal hiring, it contained a clause against using contractors to make up for it. Often these types of rules are leaky. David Berteau, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what services contractors are seeing right now.
February 27, 2017 -
Upcoming budget cycles in 2017 and 2018 will be unlike any other for agencies and contractors, some budget experts say. They predict the Trump administration will try to "change the rules" to overcome debates among members of Congress and cabinet leaders who can't agree on the future of the defense and domestic spending caps.
February 24, 2017 -
To federal contractors, the Trump administration feels a bit like an unbaked souffle. Lots of broken eggs and a hot oven, but nothing fully risen yet. Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president of the Professional Services Council, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin that leaders at his organization are hoping to see some of the Obama administration rules rolled back.
February 13, 2017