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BP temporarily suspended from new federal contracts
The Environmental Protection Agency said BP's "lack of business integrity" in its conduct and response following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill weighed into its decision to temporarily suspend the company from obtaining new federal contracts.
Tags: EPA , suspension and debarment , BP , Deepwater Horizon
Acquisition, IT management, and cloud brokerage
Mark Day, director of the Office of Strategic Programs for GSA's Integrated Technology Service will give his thoughts on a variety of acquistion and management issues.
November 27, 2012
Tags: acquisition , procurement , Mark Day , Integrated Technology Services , GSA , IT management , GWACs , Alliant , AlliantSmall Business , strategic sourcing , cloud computing , cloud brokerage , Roger Waldron , Off the Shelf
Army awards $10B contract to speed up communications technology deployment
Twenty large and small vendors won a spot on the five-year Global Tactical Advanced Communications Systems contract.
Tags: acquisition , technology , Communications Global Tactical Advanced Communiations System , Jason Miller
US sues contractors over troop trailers in Iraq
The U.S. government has filed a civil lawsuit accusing a Houston-based global construction company and its Kuwaiti subcontractor of submitting nearly $50 million in inflated claims to install live-in trailers for troops during the Iraq War.
Tags: acquisition , industry , KBR , Iraq , DoD
IT acquisition reform, GSA schedules, and more
Tom Sisti, director and legislative counsel for SAP, joins host Roger Waldron to talk about a wide range of acquisition issues.
November 20, 2012
Tags: acquisition , IT acquisition , GSA , GSA schedules , cybersecurity , SAP , Tom Sisti , Roger Waldron , Off the Shelf , Coalition for Government Procurement , procurement
Federal Drive interviews - Nov. 20
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) describes the bipartisan support around the DATA Act. Michael Courts of the GAO recaps his testimony on diplomatic security related to the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. Charles H. Romine of NIST explains how medical professionals can make meaningful use of electronic records.
Tags: Federal Drive , Michael Courts , GAO , Benghazi , Ed Meagher , VA , Legal Loop , Joe Petrillo , Kathleen Stratton , Pew Charitable Trusts , Charles Romine , NIST , technology , Vince Micone , CFC
Selling to the federal government
Host Mark Amtower is joined by Steve Charles and David Perera, co-authors of The Inside Guide to the Federal IT Market".
November 19, 2012
Tags: acquisition , immixGroup , Steve Charles , Fierce Markets , The Inside Guide to the Federal IT market , GSA schedules , SEWP , simplified acquisition , continuing resolution , FSSI , channel , B2G , Mark Amtower , Amtower Off Center , David Perera
For DoD, better buying demands high quality acquisition workers
The Pentagon releases Better Buying Power 2.0 with a new focus on professionalizing the procurement workforce. The updated program includes seven major focus areas with 36 initiatives. Ashton Carter, the deputy secretary of Defense, said version 2.0 takes the lessons learned and data from the last two years to further improve efficiency and cost savings of DoD procurement.
Tags: acquisition , industry , DoD , Frank Kendall , Better Buying Power , acquisition workforce , training , Jason Miller
What's ahead for contractors?
Deltek's Ray Bjorklund and Kevin Plexico will talk about how contractors will be affected by sequestration and other issues.
November 12, 2012(Encore presentation November 26, 2012)
Tags: acquisition , Deltek , Ray Bjorklund , Kevin Plexico , sequestration , fiscal cliff , Mark Amtower , Cyber
