Yesterday, we reported the President’s goal of reducing regulations by 75 percent. That, or course, is a very ambitious goal and whether he can roll back the number of pages of regulations to the early 1970s level is questionable but a very worthy goal.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Don’t Expect Any New Regulations to be Published for Awhile
An offeror provided a manufacturer’s warranty with its proposal, even though the warranty wasn’t required–and the warranty caused the proposal to be excluded.
Source: GAO: Extraneous Information Sinks Offeror’s Proposal – SmallGovCon
Steve Kelman sits down with feds in the Harvard Kennedy School’s executive education program.
Source: What GS-15s in contracting really think about government acquisition — FCW
Just a month after the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act became law, the Senate Armed Services Committee is starting the process of formulating the 2018 defense budget.
GSA taps senior procurement execs from FCC, Treasury to head acquisition center and government wide IT contracts, including its huge EIS telecom contract.
The federal IT community is still laden with cybersecurity, workforce and acquisition issues according to a new report from the Federal CIO and the General Services Administration.
Source: Federal IT must continue improvement according to CIO report — Washington Technology
Agency Twitter posts have dropped off markedly since Inauguration Day.
Source: Agency Twitter accounts go quiet since Inauguration Day — FCW
The “build versus buy” debate could shift in the new administration, and agencies may purchase more commercial off-the-shelf solutions.
Source: Will Feds in the Trump Administration Adopt More COTS Technology? | FedTech Magazine
Trump administration instituted a media blackout at EPA and barred staff from awarding new contracts or grants, part of a broader communications clampdown.
Source: Trump admin orders EPA contract freeze and media blackout – FederalNewsRadio.com
As a man famously reluctant to use computers, President Donald Trump must lead a government that is ever more reliant on technology for service delivery and national security.
