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Stephanie Kostro
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Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), chairman of the Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations, wrote to GSA on July 15 seeking answers to why the transition to UEI has struggled.
July 15, 2022 -
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New numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics are adding to concern that inflation is going to be with us for some time. The impacts to individual pocketbooks are pretty obvious. The impacts to federal agencies and their contractors, though, are a bit more complex.
June 14, 2022 -
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The Senate could vote tomorrow on a $40 billion military aid package for Ukraine. It's already passed the House. Whatever happens, it will require contracts and contractors.
May 17, 2022 -
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A call for comments from the National Institute for Standards and Technology gives industry a deadline of next week. NIST is looking for reactions to ideas for critical infrastructure cybersecurity, and it could have a big impact on companies doing business with the government.
April 19, 2022 -
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The procurement environment is a little confusing at the moment. Appropriations came through with only a half a year to obligate them. The 2023 budget schedule is foggy. And inflation overlays the buying power of every dollar.
March 22, 2022 -
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Last week's report from the Pentagon on defense industrial base competitiveness didn't sit well with services contractors.
February 23, 2022 -
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Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. Contractors who scrambled to deal with the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate are now scrambling to figure out…
January 25, 2022 -
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For federal contractors, 2021 comes to an end with no appropriations for 2022 until halfway through the fiscal year.
December 28, 2021 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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A recent change to the CIO-SP4 solicitation is forcing many small firms to change their bidding strategy at the last minute, leading to calls for NITAAC to pause the entire effort.
July 23, 2021
