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Thought Leadership Can Help Build Brand Awareness for Federal Contractors
Apr 25, 2017
For growing firms, a business needs to be able to provide ways to expand understanding of an issue, and have the vision and forethought to provide something new on a particular topic.
For federal government contractors, the audience that gets access to this new information may feel like this firm...
Obama Acquisition Leaders See Sustained Effort Under Trump
Apr 25, 2017
While the new administration has promised a break from past Washington approaches, Obama-era acquisition leaders say the Trump White House’s efficiency efforts—outlined in an April 12 memo—echo many of their policies, and are a welcomed continuation of their work. Lesley Field, the deputy...
Improving Federal IT Procurement
Apr 24, 2017
According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), IT expenditures too often have produced failed projects – projects with multimillion dollar cost overruns and schedule delays measured in years, with questionable mission-related achievements and duplicative and inefficient operational...
EPA Small Business Industry Day – May 4, 2017
Apr 21, 2017
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) is pleased to announce a small business networking event May 4, 2017
The networking event’s theme is “Meet and Mingle”, where members of EPA’s contracting staff and several EPA prime...
Procurement as a Part of Public Organization Strategy and Planning
Apr 21, 2017
The National Public Procurement Policy Unit of Ireland provides an example of the criticality of procurement planning at the heart of public organization planning.
Many procurement leaders emphasize that the role of procurement include strategic planning in collaboration with internal customers and...
GSA Looking for Help with New Telecom Contract
Apr 20, 2017
The General Services Administration (GSA) has issued a request for information looking for ideas for how to shift small agencies and Native American tribes to Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS), its new telecommunications contract vehicle. EIS will move some 36 small organizations off the...
GAO: Congress Should not Authorize Navy Ship Award Until All Information Available
Apr 20, 2017
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommends that Congress delay its decision of whether to purchase 12 frigates for the U.S. Navy in 2017, because key cost and design details will not be available in time for Congress to make its decision. The frigate is designed to replace the Littoral...
Procurement Fraud Protection Goes Beyond Data Analytics Tools
Apr 20, 2017
Nonie Dalton, senior product manager for public sector at ACL, writes that while data analytics tools can help governments weed out procurement fraud, the tools are not enough. Dalton runs through some best practices for how to use that data to identify fraud, including weeding out false positives,...
GAO: Commerce Could Improve Public-Private Partnerships
Apr 20, 2017
John Neumann, the Government Accountability Office’s (GA) director of natural resources and environment issues, talked with Federal News Radio about a recent report looking at the Commerce Department’s drive to build a network of public-private partnerships to boost U.S. manufacturing. The...
DARPA to Hold “Proposers Day”
Apr 20, 2017
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will host a virtual “Proposers Day” in advance of its new Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), seeking innovative systems for military missions. The “proposers day” is intended to give interested organizations a chance to preview the BAA and...
McKinsey: Governments Could Save $3.5 Trillion a Year
Apr 20, 2017
A new McKinsey report finds that governments around the world could save $3.5 trillion by improving the effectiveness and efficiency of their spending. McKinsey analyzed spending in 42 countries, and found four primary areas where governments could save money if they improved their effectiveness:...
What’s Inside the “Buy American, Hire American” Executive Order?
Apr 20, 2017
FCW looks at President Donald Trump’s “Buy American, Hire American” executive order, which essentially directs agencies to follow laws already on the books, and directs leadership to issue guidance to ensure agency buyers prioritize American-made goods. The president said the Buy American...
