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Shutdown 2011? Contractors would feel the pain
Stan Soloway, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, explains to what extent industry would hurt from a partial government shutdown.
Tags: Professional Services Council , contracting , industry , shutdown , budget , Congress , In Depth
DoD to adopt new source selection procedures
The Defense Department is looking to standardize the procedures its components use in source selection under competitive acquisitions. New DoDwide procedures issued this month will take effect in July.
Tags: DoD , contracting , industry , Federal Acquisition Regulation , Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy , Shay Assad , Professional Services Council , Jared Serbu
Army puts brakes on insourcing
A directive signed this week by the secretary of the Army requires high-level review and analysis of any proposal to insource contracting functions. Outside groups have accused DoD of insourcing workers based on arbitrary quotas.
Tags: DoD , management , contracting , insourcing , Army , John McHugh , Robert Gates , Professional Services Council , DoD budget , Jared Serbu
Analysis: Gov reorg requires collaboration with contractors
Professional Services Council's Stan Soloway explains how a government reorganization - called for in the State of the Union - could affect the federal contracting community.
Tags: Professional Services Council , contracting , State of the Union , Barack Obama , Dorobek Insider
DoD conflict of interest rule to impact nearly every agency
The Professional Services Council's Stan Soloway explains on the Defense Department rule.
Tags: DoD Update , Professional Services Council , conflict of interest , contracting , Dorobek Insider
DoD contracting cuts less painful than expected
In a meeting with members of Congress and industry association leaders this week, DoD officials said proposed cuts to Defense contracting will only impact a small subset of the department's service contracting budget. DoD officials said they are looking at contracts that support staff augmentation and other similar support service contracts.
Tags: contracting , industry , DoD , Robert Gates , Bill Lynn , Gerry Connolly , Bobbie Kilberg , Professional Services Council , Northern Virginia Technology Council , Deltek Consulting , budget cuts , services contracts , Jared Serbu
Feds, contractors 'nervous' about deficit plan cuts
Professional Services Council's Stan Soloway discusses how the new deficit commission plan will affect the contracting community.
Tags: Professional Services Council , contracting , budget , Dorobek Insider
Survey: Acquisition policy doesn't translate
A new survey from the Professional Services Council and Grant Thornton finds contracting officers don't always find new guidance helpful in how they do their job. Acquisition workers also say too much oversight is causing innovation to be muted.
Tags: contracting , OFPP , OMB , Lew Crenshaw , PSC , Grant Thornton , time and materials contracts , high risk contracts , Recovery Act contracting , Jason Miller
Pentagon cuts costs, challenges contractors
What industry really thinks about the Pentagon's cost cutting plan from Stan Soloway of the Professional Services Council
Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , Pentagon , contracting , Professional Services Council , acquisition , Suzanne Kubota
DLA readies change to how it buys
The Pentagon's primary purchasing agency is steeling itself for the possible impact of large-scale changes to its budget in the weeks and months ahead as DoD prepares the 2012 budget. The Defense Logistics Agency used a recent conference to inform the vendor community about its plans to save money.
Tags: management , contracting , DoD , Robert Hale , Alan Thompson , DLA , PSC , Robert Gates , budget cuts , Max Cacas
