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Federal Drive interviews - Nov. 5
Federal Drive broadcasts live from the National Contract Management Association conference. Also, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Brooklyn is back open for business after superstorm Sandy.
Tags: Federal Drive , DoD , cybersecurity , technology , Bloomberg Government , Bob Litan , Loretta Lynch , DoJ , Sandy
Rapid acquisition speeds capabilities to warfighters
With a $500 billion budget, the United States is the world's biggest buyer, and Defense is the biggest piece of that pie. The Rapid Acquisition Program has kicked into overdrive to help warfighters in Iraq and Afghanistan. Roy Smith, an executive vice president at ITG and a member of the executive advisory council of the National Contract Management Association, discusses how the program works and how industry views its achievements.
Tags: Federal Drive , Tom Temin , Emily Kopp , acquisition , contracting , Rapid Acquisition Program , Roy Smith , ITG , Inside the Worlds Biggest Buyer , DoD
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Tags: contracting , acqusition , GCMC , Jan Frye , VA , industry , Stan Soloway , PSC , BAE Systems , Charlie Chadwick , Tom Temin , Amy Morris
DCMA leads acquisition 'revolution'
The Defense Department said it intends to not just rebuild its acquisition workforce in numbers, but also make sure those employees have access to new tools that will give them the insight they need to make good decisions.
Tags: DoD , DCMA , DCAA , 2011 GCMC , DAU , acquisition , workforce , acquisition workforce , industry , contracting , pricing , Shay Assad , Timothy Callahan , Jared Serbu
How does industry view procurement reforms?
Soloway, whose group represents scores of government contractors, discussed how federal procurement reforms have been viewed on the industry side.
Tags: 2011 GCMC , contracting , acquisition , Stan Soloway , Federal Drive , Tom Temin , Amy Morris , Dan Gordon , OFPP
Shrinking budgets remain most important acquisition issue
Jan Frye, the deputy assistant secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department's Office of Acquisition and Logistics, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris live from the conference to discuss the big issues in contract management.
Tags: Jan Frye , VA , 2011 GCMC , contracting , acquisition , acquisition policy , acquisition workforce , industry , budget
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Tags: 2011 GCMC , Federal Drive , contracting , Jan Frye , VA , Tom Temin , Amy Morris , Charlie Chadwick , BAE Systems , Stan Soloway , PSC
FAA gives 245 small firms preferred contracting status
Agency made awards to small businesses to provide support services in eight categories. The contract is worth up to $2 billion over seven years. FAA also plans to automate procurement system under separate contract that is just getting off the ground.
Tags: technology , contracting , James Washington , FAA , Small business contracting , acquisition workforce
NASA's 'booth babe' spreads the SEWP
At one conference, the Government Contract Management Conference, we learn about plans for a NEW conference from NASA's Joanne Woytek.
Tags: Federal Drive , NCMA 2010 , GCMC , NASA , SEWP , contracting , acquisition , management , procurement , Joanne Woytek



