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Public Spend Forum Newswire | 1/11/2017
Jan 12, 2017
Denise Turner Roth Looks Back on GSA Under Obama
General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Denise Turner Roth published a new blog post that looks back at the agency’s accomplishments under President Barack Obama. Roth cites the agency’s reducing duplicative offices to shrink the...
Public Procurement News Round-up | 1/11/2017
Jan 12, 2017
Denise Turner Roth Looks Back on GSA Under Obama
General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Denise Turner Roth published a new blog post that looks back at the agency’s accomplishments under President Barack Obama. Roth cites the agency’s reducing duplicative offices to shrink the...
Trump Slams F-35 in Press Conference
Jan 11, 2017
In a press conference today, President-Elect Donald Trump reiterated his intent to be involved in government contracting. In his opening remarks, he spoke about the F-35 program, saying: “We’re going to get those costs way down, and we’re going to get the plane to be even better, and we’re...
Is Corruption in Defence Procurement a Big Problem?
Jan 10, 2017
Over the holiday period, figures released by the UK Labour Party Member of Parliament Roger Godsiff showed the scale of corruption investigations in the UK’s Ministry of Defence. He uncovered the figures through a series of written parliamentary questions.
In the past five years, 44 allegations...
Public Spend Forum Newswire | 1/10/2017
Jan 10, 2017
Defense Innovation Board Presents Ideas to DoD
The Defense Innovation Board has made its recommendations to Pentagon officials as to how the Department of Defense (DoD) could help foster innovation, both in its culture and through its processes. Among the recommendations, the board suggested DoD...
Public Procurement News Round-Up | 1/10/2017
Jan 10, 2017
Defense Innovation Board Presents Ideas to DoD
The Defense Innovation Board has made its recommendations to Pentagon officials as to how the Department of Defense (DoD) could help foster innovation, both in its culture and through its processes. Among the recommendations, the board suggested DoD...
Public Spend Forum Newswire | 1/9/2017
Jan 10, 2017
New Bill Wants DHS to Work with Tech Innovators
Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) has introduced H.R. 240, the “Leveraging Emerging Technologies Act of 2017,” to encourage the Department of Homeland Security to proactively engage with “innovative and emerging technology developers and firms,...
Dan Ward on Innovation, Taking Risks and Doing More with Less
Jan 10, 2017
On today’s episode of the Public Impact Podcast, Public Spend Forum Co-Founder and Chair Raj Sharma talks with retired Air Force Lt. Col. Dan Ward about his approach to innovation, building a culture of trust when it comes to taking risks, and how he changed things up at the Air Force by doing...
Public Procurement News Round-Up | 1/9/2017
Jan 10, 2017
New Bill Wants DHS to Work with Tech Innovators
Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) has introduced H.R. 240, the “Leveraging Emerging Technologies Act of 2017,” to encourage the Department of Homeland Security to proactively engage with “innovative and emerging technology developers and firms,...
Dave Zvenyach: How 18F Found Success with Its Micro-Purchase Platform
Jan 10, 2017
If you’ve been watching the federal acquisition landscape of late, you may have seen an increased rumbling coming from the Hill about the value and the approach of the teams of tech experts that have come to government in the wake of the Healthcare.gov launch. Teams like the US Digital Services...
Don’t Fight the FAR: Innovation and Regulation Can Go Hand in Hand
Jan 10, 2017
You hear it time and again: If it weren’t for the regulations, we’d have loads of innovation in the public sector. Nowhere in government is there a more maligned document than the FAR, the Federal Acquisition Regulation, which has been blamed for any number of hurdles and failures in federal...
Public Procurement News Round-Up | 1/6/2017
Jan 9, 2017
OMB Delivers Third “Myth-Busting” Memo to Improve Industry Communications
Lesley A. Field, acting administrator for federal procurement policy in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB ) has issued a third “myth-busting” memorandum to further improve government-industry communication....
