As American voters decide between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, federal tech issues loom large.
Source: Election Day 2016: How Will the Presidential Transition Affect Federal CIOs? | FedTech Magazine
While defense stocks have long been the refuge of the panicky investor, defense stocks are gaining not because of uncertainty, but real optimism at the future under President Donald Trump.
The never-ending election came to a stunning ending. How do Washington’s business leaders plan to move forward?
“Absolutely everybody was thinking that it was going to be a Clinton administration,” one government contracting exec said.
Source: Government contractors were not expecting a Trump victory – Washington Business Journal
Gartner has reinforced its prediction that CMOs will outspend CIOs on IT in 2017. Marketing tech is now directly responsible for growth in the enterprise, according to Gartner.
Government contracting is never a central theme to a presidential campaign, so there are few specifics on how a Trump presidency will impact contractors, but there are a few hints. Here are some early thoughts on to expect.
Source: Trump and government contractors: Early thoughts — Washington Technology
Last Friday, we discussed the new DFARS (DoD FAR Supplement) provision that requires contractors to engage in “technical discussions” with someone within DoD concerning their IR&D (Independent Research and Development) projects as a precondition to having costs associated with those projects, reimbursed by the Government (see Contractors Must Now Engage in Technical Exchanges with DoD Prior to Incurring IR&D Costs).
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: DoD Wants to Add IR&D Costs to “Evaluated” Cost of Proposal
Experts from veteran-owned businesses and trade groups discuss some of the tools and resources that can help veteran-owned companies win government contracts.
Source: For Veteran’s Day: Helping veteran-owned firms get their share of government contracts
The government watchdog upheld the protest of a 2015 IT services contract, because the contracting agency failed to consider a conflict of interest and pricing problems.
Source: GAO sustains protest in National Guard IT contract — FCW
To protect the Government’s interest and to ensure timely delivery of whatever quantities the Government needs, contracting officers, prior to award, must make an affirmative determination that the prospective contractor is “responsible” i.e..is capable of performing the contract.