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Congress, sequestration, and acquisition
Jon Etherton, president of Etherton and Associates Inc., will talk about the congressional process and how its affecting acquisition.
October 9, 2012
Tags: acquisition , contracting , procurement , Jon Etherton , Etherton and Associates , Congress , sequestration , defense authorization , lame duck session , Senate Armed Services Committee , Roger Waldron , Off the Shelf
Industry seeks tweaks to DoD Better Buying Power
Frank Kendall, the undersecretary of Defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, is promising a Better Buying Power 2.0, an revision to earlier reforms. That's good news to many in the defense industry, who hope the changes provide more nuanced guidance — as opposed to strict blanket policies — to agency contracting officers. Stan Soloway, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, In Depth with Francis Rosethe time is ripe for an update.
Tags: acquisition , industry , PSC , In Depth , Francis Rose , Stan Soloway , Jack Moore
Administration's strategic sourcing push successfully resonates with agencies
The administration decided to dust off the idea that the government is one big shopper and not 130 medium-sized ones as part of their Campaign to Cut Waste. Federal News Radio examines the issue as part of our special report, The Obama Impact: Evaluating the Last Four Years.
Tags: acquisition , contracting , strategic sourcing , Dan Gordon , Campaign to Cut Waste , Obama Impact
Despite Mythbusters, poor communication still plagues industry-government relationship
Recognizing longstanding challenges in communication between government and industry, the Obama administration rolled out its Mythbusters initiative to dispel misconceptions around agency-vendor communication. But the guidance has had only limited success. Federal News Radio speaks Steven Grundman, the Lund Fellow for emerging defense challenges at the Atlantic Council, as part of the special report, The Obama Impact: Evaluating the Last Four Years
Tags: industry , acquisition , OFPP , Dan Gordon , Mythbusters , Steven Grundman , Obama Impact
Improvements to how agencies buy goods, services bear out little fruit
In part 4 of Federal News Radio's special report, The Obama Impact: Evaluating the Last Four Years, we examine progress the administration has made in the acquisition arena. We rated one initiative as effective (green), three as ineffective (red) and two as more progress needed (yellow). View the details of each initiative through our interactive dashboard.
Tags: Obama Impact , acquisition , contracting , strategic sourcing , DoD , OFPP , high risk contracts , inherently governmental , vendor-agency relationship , small business , Jason Miller
Reducing high-risk contracts yields mixed results
Agencies failed to meet a lofty goal to cut spending on new contracts considered high-risk by 10 percent. But despite the inconclusive results, contracting experts and agency procurement chiefs told Federal News Radio there's more to evaluating the effort to reduce high-risk contracts than the failure to reach the goal. Federal News Radio examines this as part of the special report, The Obama Impact: Evaluating the Last Four Years.
Tags: OMB , OFPP , Dan Gordon , Debra Sonderman , Bill McNally , acquisition , contracting , high-risk contracts , Obama Impact , Jack Moore
OFPP keeping a close eye on struggling acquisition system consolidation
GSA's System for Award Management is finding its footing after a rough start. OFPP Administrator Joe Jordan said he's watching the systems' progress carefully.
Tags: acquisition , OFPP , GSA , DoD , Joe Jordan , Dick Ginman , System for Award Management , strategic sourcing , GAO , High Risk list , Interagency contracting , Coalition for Government Procurement , Jason Miller
Treasury connects data to make better decisions
CIO Robyn East is leading an effort to create an enterprise data warehouse with procurement, financial and human resources information.
August 23, 2012
Tags: technology , Robyn East , Paul Sforza , Treasury , TechStat , data management , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller
VA not doing enough to verify service-disabled veteran owned firms
GAO highlights a need for tighter controls to fix the contracting program.
Tags: GAO , GSA , Service-disabled veteran owned small business , SBA , Veterans Affairs , VetBiz , contracting , acquisition , industry , Taeja Smith
FAR Council proposes rule for overseas contractors
The FAR Council wants to implement governmentwide requirements to increase the oversight of security personnel abroad.
Tags: acquisition , FAR Council , overseas contracting , Taeja Smith
