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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 , NCMA , GCMC , NASA , SEWP , contracting , management , procurement , Joanne Woytek

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How Defense contracting is changing

Between budget and acquisition reform, things are changing fast in procurement at the Defense Department. Dayton Aerospace's Gary Poleskey gives us his view.

Tags: Federal Drive , NCMA 2010 , NCMA , GCMC , contracting , management , procurement , Gary Poleskey , Dayton Aerospace , DoD Report

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USPS Inspector General follows the money

The USPS OIG has completed a new report to determined if contracting officers issued letters to contracting officer's representatives detailing their responsibilities and limitations and if invoices were properly certified. To explain what the means for us is the Postal Service's Judy Leonhardt.

Tags: Federal Drive , management , contracting , oversight , USPS , USPSOIG , Judy Leonhardt

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Conference highlights contract management

GCMC is an annual conference which provides premier professional development and networking opportunities to the greatest minds in the contracting, acquisition, and procurement fields. We learn more from conference chair Terry Raney.

Tags: Federal Drive , NCMA 2010 , NCMA , GCMC , Terry Raney , contracting , management , procurement

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NCMA hosts a gathering of the contracting clan

More than 800 contracting, acquisition, and procurement professionals from both government and private industry will gather in Arlington, Virginia, for NCMA's 29th Annual Government Contract Management Conference. WFED's Tom Temin gives us a preview.

Tags: Federal Drive , NCMA 2010 , NCMA , GCMC , Tom Temin , contracting , management , procurement

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Game On at Defense

The Defense Acquisition University has launched the first ever Department of Defense casual games site. Games Czar Alicia Sanchez explains.

Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , technology , DAU , Defense , DoD , Alicia Sanchez

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Defense launches casual gaming site

The rationale behind the site was to serve as a place where professionals in the Acquisition workforce could go to play games that were related to the "core competencies" that are central to Acquisition.

Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , Defense , management , technology , Global Learning Technologies Center , Defense Acquisition University

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OMB: Changes coming to IT acquisition

WFED's Jason Miller discusses OMB's plans to change IT acquisition and management.

Tags: OMB , Vivek Kundra , technology , contracting , Dorobek Insider

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Carter: Politics, economy to affect DoD spending

Reuters reports that Undersecretary Ashton Carter, the Pentagon's head of acquisition, told industry officials that politics, the sluggish economy, and the size of the deficit might affect funding in the near future.

Tags: DoD Report , budget , Ashton Carter , contracting , deficit , Dorobek Insider

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Army fills two top acquisition posts

The Army has filled two of its highest acquisition jobs. Heidi Shyu has been appointed principal deputy assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology. Scott Fish is its new chief scientist.

Tags: Army , technology , Heidi Shyu , Scott Fish , Federal Drive , DoD Report , hiring , management

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