Federal IT experts are thinking through how a Trump presidency will affect modernization, outsourcing and other technology efforts.
Source: How Will Federal IT Priorities Shift with a New Administration? | FedTech Magazine
The pay-as-you-go system will offer guidance as well as reduce costs, according to GSA.
Source: GSA to Offer Cloud-Based Contract Writing System Next Year – Nextgov.com
For purposes of CAS (Cost Accounting Standards), Government contractors fall into one of three categories, exempt, modified coverage, and full coverage (see CAS Coverage, Full, Modified, or Exempt). Only one percent of contractors fall under modified or full CAS coverage (see Only 1 Percent of Contractors are CAS Covered). The remaining 99 percent are exempt. But that statistic is a bit misleading to the 99 percent. Since the last last CAS Standard was promulgated 37 years ago, most of the CAS standards have been incorporated into the FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulations) either directly or conceptually.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Does CAS (Cost Accounting Standards) Coverage Matter?
GAO sustained a bid protest based on an agency’s application of an unstated evaluation criteria that was not logically encompassed in the solicitation
Source: Agency’s Reliance on Unstated Evaluation Criteria Leads to Sustained Protest – SmallGovCon
Back in the 1980s, the Government brought down a huge “pay to play” enterprise in the San Francisco bay area. Buyers (purchasing agents) for several large defense contractors required prospective subcontractors (in this case, machine shop proprietors) to pay up if they expected to get any business from these primes. The machine shops had to invite the buyers over for friendly neighborhood poker games and were expected to lose large sums of money to the buyer. The size of subsequent machining orders were based on the size of their poker losses. “Do you play poker” became the code word for the buyers’ expectations. One machine shop decided not to play and blew the whistle to Government investigators. The Government was never able to calculate the full impact of the scheme but cost-type contracts were increased by millions of dollars.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: “Pay to Play” Schemes
The IRS needs better controls for its IT contracts to meet federal requirements to protect agency systems and sensitive information.
Source: IRS needs better controls for IT contracts — Washington Technology
The Office of Management and Budget issued a new policy governing agencies’ public-facing websites to ensure government’s digital assets are more accessible, secure and functional.
When an agency performs a cost realism evaluation under a solicitation involving significant labor, the agency must evaluate direct compensation, not just fully
Source: Cost Realism: Agency Must Evaluate Employee Compensation Rates – SmallGovCon
Dentons’ Silicon Valley Institute on Government and Technology is pleased to invite you to participate in the webinar “The 2016 Presidential and Congressional Elections: Impacts on DoD’s Technology Innovation Initiative.”
Please join us for an executive briefing that will cover:
- The presidential and congressional election results, and leading contenders for prominent defense and national security roles in the Trump Administration
- The defense sector and policy priorities in 2017
- An update on Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx) and assessment of support for DoD’s innovation initiatives during the Trump Administration and next Congress
For more information and to register, please click here.
The question continues to come up every four years whether these senior IT executives need to be career or political.
Source: Who are the CIOs that soon will need new jobs? – FederalNewsRadio.com
