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Federal jobs outlook for 2013
Host Derrick Dortch will discuss the latest federal hiring issues with Linda Rix, co-CEO of Avue Technologies.
January 4, 2013(Encore presentation January 18, 2013)
Tags: workforce , hiring , sequestration , fiscal cliff , Congress , budget battle , Linda Rix , Avue Technologies
Top 3 for 2013 - Dan Gordon on contract spending
Dan Gordon, associate dean for government procurement law at the George Washington University Law School and the former administrator at the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, says there is keen interest among contractors and budget hawks alike in seeing if the downward trend in contract spending continues this year.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Top 3 for 2013 , Dan Gordon , acquisition , contract spending
Top 3 for 2013 - Lee Dougherty on contracting trends
Lee Dougherty, leader of the government contracting practice at General Counsel PC, says the trend toward lowest-price, technically acceptable procurements is likely here to stay.
Tags: Francis Rose , In Depth , Top 3 for 2013 , Lee Dougherty
Procurement in 2012: A year in review
Carolyn Alston and Bill Gormley from the Coalition for Government Procurement will discuss the procurement highlights and lowlights in 2012.
December 25, 2012 (Encore presentation January 1, 2013)
Tags: acquisition , procurement , Carolyn Alston , Bill Gormley , Coalition for Government Procurement , strategic sourcing , contract duplication , GSA , multiple award contracting , Roger Waldron , Off the Shelf
Federal acquisition leaders distressed over workforce, budget cuts
Latest edition of a biennial survey, sponsored by a contracting industry group, finds acquisition leaders have the same challenges they had a decade ago. But they fear tighter budgets will reverse progress toward improving the government's acquisition workforce.
Tags: acquisition , industry , acquisition workforce , Professional Services Council , Army Contracting Command , Camille Nichols , Grant Thornton , Stan Soloway , Alan Chvotkin , Phil Kangas , Jared Serbu
GSA expands discounted commodity IT program
The General Services Administration announced Thursday it had awarded 43 blanket-purchase agreements to small businesses to provide discounted commodity IT through the agency's National Information Technology Commodity Program (NITCP). The NITCP is designed to provide agencies a one-stop shop for the most commonly purchased, low-cost IT products.
Tags: acquisition , commodity IT , GSA , Mary Davie , FAS , National Information Technology Commodity Program
Contractors say upsurge in MACs leads to duplication, added costs
The Coalition for Government Procurement has called on senior administration leaders to take more action to combat increasing contract duplication, largely from the spread of multiple-award contracts (MACs). Member companies say they are seeing more duplicated contracts and that has added to their costs, according to a CGP survey.
Tags: acquisition , Coalition for Government Procurement , Roger Waldron , OFPP , GSA , industry , Jack Moore
Bid protests increase in 2012, nearing 15-year high
The number of bid protests filed in fiscal 2012 ticked up 5 percent from last year to 2,475 cases - more than any year since 1995, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
Tags: aquisition , GAO , bid protests , Jack Moore
Changes in federal acquisition environment taking toll on vendors
Preliminary results from a Grant Thornton survey of contractors show profits, revenues and overall participation in the government market is down. The pressure from the administration's steps to reign in high risk contracts and reduce spending is having an impact on most contractors. The Navy, for example, is trying to be more disciplined in how it buys goods and services.
Tags: acquisition , industry , Mark Skinner , Navy , GSA , Mary Davie , Lou Crenshaw , Grant Thornton , AFFIRM , Government Contractor Industry Survey , Jason Miller , Federal Drive
Current trends in the IT market
Paul Lemmo, vice president of Business Development at Lockheed Martin Informations Systems and Global Solutions will discuss cybersecurity, integrated solutions and more.
December 11, 2012
Tags: acquisition , Paul Lemmo , Lockheed Martin , IT management , cybersecurity , IT development , Roger Waldron , Off the Shelf
