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Public Spend Forum Newswire | 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....
Department of Labor Files Suit Against Google
Jan 6, 2017
CBS News reports that the U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has filed a suit in the Office of Administrative Law Judges to bar Google from doing business with the federal government unless it turns over confidential information about thousands of its employees. According to the suit, Google has...
Public Procurement News Round-Up | 1/5/2017
Jan 6, 2017
Department of Labor Files Suit Against Google
CBS News reports that the Department of Labor (DoL) has filed a suit in the Office of Administrative Law Judges to bar Google from doing business with the federal government unless it turns over confidential information about thousands of its employees....
Public Spend Forum Newswire | 1/5/2017
Jan 6, 2017
Department of Labor Files Suit Against Google
CBS News reports that the Department of Labor (DoL) has filed a suit in the Office of Administrative Law Judges to bar Google from doing business with the federal government unless it turns over confidential information about thousands of its employees....
European Public Procurement Newswire — 1/6/17
Jan 6, 2017
We’re back with our weekly European public procurement news roundup, and we’ve got some stories you may have missed over the holidays too. Let’s start with the most recent.
UK procurement civil servants face tests to stay in commercial roles
An exercise has been introduced by Gareth Rhys...
Podcast: Jennifer Pahlka Talks Innovation, Agile, and California
Jan 5, 2017
For years California’s Child Welfare System—the electronic records system that helped keep track of cases for neglected, abused and vulnerable kids—was woefully out of date. And when California decided to go out to bid for a new one, the request for proposal was typically “monolithic,”...
Public Spend Forum Newswire | 1/4/2017
Jan 5, 2017
DHS Introduces “Digi-Badges”
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Chief Procurement Officer Soraya Correa says her agency is creating something called “digi-badges,” accommodations for employees who are putting innovative processes they’re learning into practice. “I think it’s a good...
Public Procurement News Round-Up | 1/4/2017
Jan 5, 2017
DHS Introduces “Digi-Badges”
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Chief Procurement Officer Soraya Correa says her agency is creating something called “digi-badges,” accommodations for employees who are putting innovative processes they’re learning into practice. “I think it’s a good...
Public Procurement News Round-up | 1/3/2017
Jan 4, 2017
DoD Finding Success with “Should Cost” Initiative
In a new report to Congress, the Department of Defense (DoD) says that its “should cost” initiative from its Better Buying Power guidance has worked to lower contract costs and reduce cost overruns. According to Federal News Radio, “The...
Public Spend Forum Newswire | 1/3/2017
Jan 4, 2017
DoD Finding Success with “Should Cost” Initiative
In a new report to Congress, the Department of Defense (DoD) says that its “should cost” initiative from its Better Buying Power guidance has worked to lower contract costs and reduce cost overruns. According to Federal News Radio, “The...
SpaceX and Breaking the Federal Contracting Mold
Jan 4, 2017
Before the holidays I came across a piece in Fortune called The Great Rocket Race. The article details the feverish efforts underway by the United Space Alliance, a decade-old joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin that launches space satellites for NASA, to cut its price per launch by...
Public Procurement News Round-up | 12/30/2016
Jan 3, 2017
NDAA Removes DoD Subcontracting Language
Forbes notes that Congress removed a controversial provision of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would have allowed the Department of Defense (DoD) to count its subcontracts on big weapons programs toward its small business prime...
