Professional Services Council
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An executive order from the Biden administration is ostensibly aimed at protecting employees of services contractors. With one view of it, the executive vice president for policy at the Professional Services Council, Stephanie Kostro.
November 30, 2021 -
From lack of a new budget to roiling vaccine mandates, the federal government, from contractors' point of view, has become, you might say, an even more difficult customer. Federal Drive with Tom Temin checked in with the president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, David Berteau.
November 16, 2021 -
Contractors have some big concerns of their own about how the vaccine mandate is supposed to work in practice. Stephanie Kostro, executive vice president for policy at the Professional Services Council, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about some of the issues vendors are flagging.
November 02, 2021 -
With deadlines inching closer, employees and contractors get more details on federal vaccine mandateThe Biden administration in recent days has offered up more details on how agencies might handle religious exception requests from federal employees. Contractors should make a "good faith" effort to comply with the federal vaccine mandate, according to recent guidance.
November 01, 2021 -
Federal contractors only want two things at the moment. Besides contracts that is. One is for Congress, specifically the Senate, to get on with the National Defense Authorization law already.
October 19, 2021 -
For an industry reaction, the Executive Vice President for Policy at the Professional Services Council Stephanie Kostro spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
October 05, 2021 -
Federal contractors are drawing on the lessons they learned from the last partial lapse in appropriations, a 35-day event companies say has changed the way they prepare for a possible government shutdown later this week.
September 29, 2021 -
Like the vaccine mandate for employees, federal contractors must also show proof of vaccination to their employer. The Biden administration's vaccine policies also apply to federal contractors working from home, as well as employees working for a covered contractor but not directly on specific government project.
September 24, 2021 -
A memo from the Defense Department late last week seemed to point to continuing contractor work in Afghanistan. But it instructs contractors to do something strange when it comes to putting information into the Federal Procurement Data System.
September 21, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, federal contracting continues in Afghanistan, and the Pentagon takes steps to ensure security of those performing it.
September 21, 2021 -
The House passed a nine-week continuing resolution Tuesday night, which would sustain agency operations through Dec. 3. But the CR also temporarily suspends the debt limit through December 2022, a measure Republicans have said they're unwilling to support.
September 21, 2021 -
Three industry associations wrote to DoD and one wrote to GSA expressing concerns about governmentwide initiatives that will impact contractors. Also, details about the memorial service for Rob Coen.
September 14, 2021 -
DoD is eying changes to the sweeping cybersecurity auditing program that could affect potentially hundreds of thousands of federal contractors.
September 14, 2021 -
Executive Vice President for Policy at the Professional Services Council, Stephanie Kostro, spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin for some advice.
September 08, 2021 -
Federal managers say key details of the administration's vaccine and testing program are still unresolved, and they worry about enforcing a policy with the workforce, which — like the rest of the country — has pockets of vaccine hesitancy and resistance.
August 25, 2021