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The relationship between agencies and contractors can be complicated. Host Francis Rose talks with large and small vendors about trends they're seeing and the policy and regulations they're paying attention to.
How to keep projects on track
Bill Damare, Vice President of Government Markets for ESI International, joined Francis Rose for the Industry Chatter series to discuss how agencies can keep projects on track.
What's changed since last year's hike in protests to government contracts?
One year since a GAO report that found a hike in protests to government contracts, Dr. Stan Sloane, president and CEO of SRA International, explained what's changed.
A plan to get financial management off high risk list
Most of the systems the GAO has put on the high-risk list are customized systems that agencies have created from scratch, but a new model is emerging.
Industry analyzing DoD reforms, looking for "entry point"
ARINC Vice President of Contracts and Procurement Glenn Baer says industry "is still trying to evaluate [the initiatives] to determine our entry point."
Lessons in innovation from the health care industry
How can the health care industry improve services, reduce costs and expand access? Jim Champy offers ways to bring innovation to health care in his book "Reengineering Health Care." Champy, chairman emeritus of Dell Services Consulting, told In Depth that the time is ripe to retool the current system.
How to use virtualization to become a "yes" CIO
"CIOs that are adopting desktop virtualization can be CIOs that can say 'yes' to things; before they had to say 'no' because there was no way to manage those devices."
Breaking up big IT projects for better results - works!
The big IT projects your agency is working on are getting broken into smaller pieces, and one expert thinks that's a good thing.
How to meet your agency's information needs
Woody Talcove, CEO of government business for LexisNexis, details the benefits of using public records to meet your agency's mission.
Kumpu: Collaboration on the increase in government IT
Secure wireless communication is in high demand from every agency, and as application and device options explode, so will the demand for wireless networks.
Cybersecurity discussions should involve more than dollars
On this week's Industry Chatter, host Francis Rose talks about cybersecurity with Dr. Elan Amir, president and CEO of Bivio Networks.
Hoover: Insourcing, contractor image concerns not new
Military downsizing, contracting, and "inherently governmental" debates aren't new - they've been around for years.
Steve Charles: price squeeze may be coming to vendors
A possible price crunch coming to the Federal contracting world is raising eyebrows in the vendor community.
Blaul: waste, fraud, abuse cuts can save real money
Equifax SVP sees huge savings for agencies and taxpayers.
Juniper Federal: Tight budgets driving agency decisions
Tight budgets and increasing capacity demands are driving questions about IT in pure dollar terms, says head of Juniper Federal.
Networx: Benefits will be evident when agencies move
Susan Zeleniak of Verizon Federal explains that Networx will benefit all agencies and vastly improve the way things work -- once agencies make the move, that is.
Industry Chatter: Tom Simmons of Citrix
Citrix Federal area vice president on virtualization, cloud computing, the acquisition work force, and doing business with the government.
Industry Chatter: Lisa Mascolo of Accenture
The concept of doing "even more with even less" is a step beyond "doing more with less." Lisa Mascolo of Accenture has some ideas for doing it.
Industry Chatter: Ryan McCullough of Govplace
VP/Federal on performance-based contracting; prime/sub relationships; "inherently governmental"; and objections on cloud computing and data center consolidation.
