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DoD to create map of defense industry
The Pentagon said it needs a much clearer picture of the subcontractors beneath the top tier of prime vendors it works with every day. DoD is trying to create a comprehensive map of the entire defense industry so it can keep critical suppliers healthy during an expected period of industry consolidation.
Tags: DoD , industry , contracting , acquisition , defense industrial base , Congress , House , House Armed Services Committee , Bill Schuster , Brett Lambert , Jared Serbu
Rep. Lankford says training will ease acquisition workforce transition
The chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform said agencies need to do more to train new employees to make the best decisions. Lankford said the turnover in the workforce and the lack of consistent training for the new employees is a major concern for the subcommittee.
Tags: acquisition , acquisition workforce , training , James Lankford , OFPP , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee , Federal Acquisition Institute , Jason Miller
Online forum seeks cloud computing best practices
SafeGov.org aims to provide government with a greater understanding of the benefits of cloud computing.
Tags: cloud computing , industry , Vivek Kundra , Karen Evans , best practices , acquisition , contracting , Jolie Lee , budget , Chertoff Group , Civitas Group , Harris Corporation , Juniper Networks , KE&T Partners , L3 Stratis , Lockheed Martin , Microsoft , Peerstone Research , Ponemon Institute, , SANS Institute , Smarsh , KE&T Partners
Talking BRAC
Raj Kuchadkar, Deputy Director of the Howard County BRAC Office and the Base Business Initiative (BBI) program joins host Mark Amtower to talk about the BBI program as it enters Phase 3.
October 31, 2011(Encore presentation November 7, 2011)
Tags: acquisition , contracting , BRAC , Raj Kuchadkar , Howard County BRAC office , base business initiative , Ft. Meade , Ft. Meade Alliance , Baltimore Washington Corridor Chamber
Contractors already feeling budget pinch
Elizabeth Ferrell, a partner at McKenna Long's government contracts practice, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss what contractors are already feeling in the wake of the Budget Control Act.
Tags: contracting , acquisition , industry , Elizabeth Ferrell , Federal Drive , Tom Temin , Amy Morris
House to repeal law withholding contractors' taxes
The House is expected to approve a measure repealing a law that withholds 3 percent of government contractors' payments. The original law was enacted in 2006 to ensure contractors paid their taxes. But it's seen its implementation delayed until 2013, and it has grown increasingly unpopular with both Democratic and Republican lawmakers.
Tags: acquisition , contracting , Congress , House , Eric Cantor , acquisition policy
Unisys wins Energy contract for cloud e-mail transition
The Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory awarded a contract to Unisys Corporation to transition 5,000 users to Google's cloud-based email.
Tags: Energy , Google , cloud computing , technology , contracting , Unisys , acquisition , Brent Stacey
Sloane on shifting contracting landscape, new role at DSI
Stan Sloane is President and CEO of Decision Sciences International.
Tags: Decision Sciences International , Stan Sloane , SRA International , contracting , people , In Depth , acquisition
GAO: Agencies need more policing of contractors
Federal contractors may be getting away with fraud or shoddy work, according to a Government Accountability Office study of five years' worth of federal contracts. GAO found that most agencies are not using enforcement tools meant to cut off the flow of public funds to bad contractors.
Tags: Congress , acquisition , GAO , suspension and debarment , HHS , EPA , OMB , James Lankford , Bill Woods , nancy gunderson , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , Emily Kopp
WH threatens veto of contractor tax repeal over offsets
The White House is threatening to veto a bill that would repeal the 3 percent tax withholding on government contractors because of the spending cuts attached to the legislation. The Senate version of the bill would cut $30 billion in government spending to pay for repealing the tax, which the White House says is too much.
Tags: acquisition , acquisition policy , Congress , House , Senate , Jack Moore
