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Agencies getting tougher on contractors?

Faced with increasingly tighter federal budgets, agency leaders are getting tougher on contract spending. The Office of Management and Budget announced in March that spending on federal contracting had actually declined for the first time in more than a decade. Also, earlier this month, OMB directed agencies to cut spending on service contracts by 15 percent.

Tags: contracting , Jeff Zients , OMB , service contracting , USAID

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DoD savings won't target industry profits

Even though a short era of ever-increasing military budgets has come to a close, Pentagon leaders said Monday their quest to find savings in defense spending is not aimed at reducing the profitability of contractors.

Tags: DoD , contracting , Better buying power , industry , Ashton Carter , Frank Kendall , Jared Serbu

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DOD program office missing key information

$11.2 billion contract has no records on pricing negotiations or other procurement information.

Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , DoD IG , Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training,

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VA strategic center fills gap in acquisition chain

Iris Cooper, the associate deputy assistant secretary of Acquisition Logistics, and Construction for VA, explains the center' responsibilities.

Tags: Iris Cooper , VA , Strategic Acquisition Center , In Depth

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Education shares secrets to procurement success

Hugh Hurwitz, Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Senior Procurement Executive at the Education Department, shares what his agency is doing to build its acquisition workforce.

Tags: Hugh Hurwitz , Education , procurement , In Depth

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Defense Intel acquisition feds meeting in Miami

This year's conference theme, "Leveraging Efficiencies for Operational Effectiveness," will bring together experts from government, industry, professional trade organizations, and academia to share their insights, outlooks and perspectives on the most relevant issues, opportunities and challenges we are facing today as we deliver new technologies and operational capabilities to our war fighters and our national security customers.

Tags: Federal Drive , DIA , Defense Intelligence Acquisition Conference , Judith Oxman

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ACT IAC: 13 steps for hiring, keeping acquisition pros

A virtual cottage industry has sprung up in Washington around coming up with remedies for both agencies and industry.

Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Jeff Shen , acquisition workforce , ACT-IAC

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Save Money by Buying IT Hardware

Tags: procurement , IT , laptops

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Year end dollars begin to dwindle

Our look at the upcoming end-of-the-fiscal-year acquisition-spree turns to a vendor's perspective. Joining us to talk about the year-end ordering from a contractor's point of view is Stephanie Ambrose, Vice President at Serco.

Tags: Federal Drive , FY 2010 , Conracting , Serco , Stephanie Ambrose

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NNSA looks cut costs while growing efficiences

After more than two years of review, the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration has announced its new acquisition strategy decision for key contracts. We get details from Patty Wagner, site office manager at Sandia National Laboratories

Tags: mngt , best practices , DoE , Energy , Sandia National Laboratory , Patty Wagner

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