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Bill would require greater use of strategic sourcing
The Acquisitions Reform Bill would require more robust use of Federal Strategic Sourcing vehicles — which allow the government to consolidate its shopping lists and buy in bulk, rather than have each agency pursue its own procurements.
Tags: acquisition policy , Scott Brown , Joe Lieberman , Susan Collins , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Commitee , strategic sourcing
How contractors can approach a bid protest and not antagonize the agency
Bill Welch is the chair of the Government Contracts Practice Group at General Counsel.
Tags: William Welch , Government Contracts Practice Group , contracting , bid protests , In Depth
Sens. McCain, McCaskill ask DoD to review ANC contracts
Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) have asked the Defense Department to review its ANC contracts and to provide detailed reports on all contracts more than $20 million that went to small businesses in the last five years.
Tags: DoD , DoD Report , Claire McCaskill , John McCain , Alaska Native Corporations , contracting , Congress , Senate , Federal Drive
Prime contractors must notify agencies of sub switches under new SBA rule
A new Small Business Administration rule would require prime contractors to notify agency contracting officers when there's a change in subcontractors from the original bid. Kenneth Dodds, an SBA attorney, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss how the new rules would affect contractors and agencies.
Tags: acquisition policy , acquisition workforce , SBA , kenneth dodds , Federal Drive
Intelligence agencies to squeeze savings from IT, contractors
After a decade of uninterrupted spending growth, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has submitted budget cutting plans for intelligence agencies to the White House. The intelligence community will try to save money mostly through IT efficiencies, and will try to protect its civilian workforce while drawing down on its reliance upon contractors.
Tags: technology , IT , ODNI , intelligence , Intelligence Community , DIA , CIA , James Clapper , NSA , NGA , NRO , workforce , Jared Serbu
A tale of two (Maryland) schools
Host Mark Amtower is joined by Ellen Hemmerly, executive director of BWTech at the UMBC Research and Technology Park, and Capitol College President and CEO Mike Wood.
October 17, 2011(Encore presentation November 28, 2011)
Tags: contracting , ellen hemmerly , bwtech , UMBC , capitol college , Mike Wood , cybersecurity , Fort Meade , maryland cyber challenge , information technology , Mark Amtower , Amtower Off Center
Lawmakers want U.S. steel in military vehicles
Senator Jay Rockefeller and a group of seven other senators said they want Deputy Secretary Ash Carter to change how the DoD buys metal for military vehicles.
Tags: DoD Report , Jay Rockefeller , Congress , DoD Buzz , contracting , military vehicles , In Depth
Obama Opts Out of Procurement Reform
The President delegated reform appropriately, except that the person to whom he delegated the task doesn't yet exist.
Tags: Lurita Doan , OMB , Barack Obama , procurement reform , SARA Panel , Federal Acquisition Institute , Defense Acquisition University , oversight , OFPP , Daniel Gordon , Peter Drucker , GSA , DoD , DHS
Experts give Napolitano high marks to start
Governorship prepared her well for DHS challenges
Tags: management , Janet Napolitano , DHS House Homeland Security Committee , James Carafano , Michele Mrdeza , Brian Jackson , Heritage , MXM Consulting , RAND , information sharing , border security , Action directives ,
Acquisition - A Team Sport 5/25/09
Acquisition is a team sport. As Congress and the Administration focus on future acquisition reform, the present challenges remain—how to coordinate the efforts of diverse, and often geographically dispersed teams, and get them across the acquisition finish line successfully —with a great outcome that's within budget and on schedule.
Tags: contracting , Congress
