For the past 20 years, Allen has headed up the Coalition for Government Procurement and now will head his own consulting group. Allen has also accepted an appointment to the Procurement Round Table.

Topics covered in the interview include the GSA Schedule - the strategic sourcing initiative BPA on Schedule 70, staff changes and more. Also discussed are topics impacting the contractor community - small business issues, the ANC controversy, discretionary spending, time and materials contracts, and the post-election fallout.