September 2017 – Page 6 – Government Aggregator

Hot topics in government marketing – FederalNewsRadio.com

Published on September 19, 2017 in Blog by The Aggregator

This week on “Amtower Off Center”, host Mark Amtower interviews marketing pro Lou Anne Brossman of Government Marketing University on the state of government marketing and the October 13 GAIN conference.

Topics include:

the role of content marketing

LinkedIn and social selling

events in GovCon

account/agency based marketing (ABM)

the GAIN conference

Source: Hot topics in government marketing – FederalNewsRadio.com

Section 809 Panel – Team 9 – Cost Accounting Standards | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update

Published on September 18, 2017 in Blog by The Aggregator

The Section 809 Panel, created by section 809 of the 2016 NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) was tasked with finding ways to streamline and improve the defense acquisition process. The Panel has two years to do it.

Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Section 809 Panel – Team 9 – Cost Accounting Standards

Getting Smarter about RFPs | Government Technology

Published on September 18, 2017 in Blog by The Aggregator

We look at a few companies working to help government get better at purchasing.

Source: Getting Smarter about RFPs

IT modernization, procurement policy, and the GSA schedules: ‘To be or not to be’ – FederalNewsRadio.com

Published on September 18, 2017 in Blog by The Aggregator

This column was originally published on Roger Waldron’s blog at The Coalition for Government Procurement and was republished here with permission from the author.

On Aug. 30, the American Technology Council (ATC) issued for public comment its draft 36-point plan for federal IT modernization. The draft, “Report to the President on Federal IT Modernization,” sets forth a blueprint for IT modernization focusing on three broad implementation areas:

(1) Network modernization and consolidation;

(2) Shared services to enable future network architectures;

(3) Resourcing federal network IT modernization.

Source: IT modernization, procurement policy, and the GSA schedules: ‘To be or not to be’ – FederalNewsRadio.com

Bankruptcy Pending, But Contractor Still Wins Award – SmallGovCon

Published on September 18, 2017 in Blog by The Aggregator

A company about to enter bankruptcy was eligible to win a federal contract because the agency considered the relevant information in its responsibility

Source: Bankruptcy Pending, But Contractor Still Wins Award – SmallGovCon

Update on Section 809 Panel | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update

Published on September 18, 2017 in Blog by The Aggregator

It is time for an update on the activities of the Section 809 Panel, an advisory panel formed to streamline the Defense Department’s acquisition regulations. The name ‘Section 809 Panel” comes from Section 809 of the Fiscal Year 2016 NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act). For more information on this panel, refer to “New Advisory Panel to be Formed to Streamline Acquisition Regulations“. Briefly, the Section 809 Panel’s overarching objective has been to make recommendations that, if adopted, will enable DoD to more consistently buy what it needs in a timely and cost-effective manner – whether that be commercial items, information technology, services, weapon systems, or the full range of tools and equipment on which war-fighters depend.

Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Update on Section 809 Panel

Here’s How the Government Could Better Track Contract Spending – Nextgov.com

Published on September 18, 2017 in Blog by The Aggregator

Lexis Nexis and the Data Foundation make a case for a decentralized but standard ID tag for all legal entities.

Source: Here’s How the Government Could Better Track Contract Spending – Nextgov.com

Government Contracts Legislative and Regulatory Update – September 2017 | Government Contracts Advisor

Published on September 18, 2017 in Blog by The Aggregator

Our September edition of “Government Contracts Legislative and Regulatory Update” offers a summary of the relevant changes that took place during the month of August.

Highlights this month include:

Government shutdown could cause disruption to contracting community

DoD plans to restructure its acquisition department

Sequester may cause significant spending cuts to DoD programs

This update will also be available in Contract Management Magazine, which is published monthly by the National Contract Management Association (NCMA).

Source: Government Contracts Legislative and Regulatory Update – September 2017 | Government Contracts Advisor

The next big thing in IT procurement — FCW

Published on September 18, 2017 in Blog by The Aggregator

At the beginning of the summer, I published a blog on how the Department of Homeland Security had tried an innovative approach to its FLASH competition for an agile contracting BPA, run into problems evaluating bidders, and finally withdrew the procurement — with DHS Chief Procurement Officer Soraya Correa taking responsibility for the mistakes while defending the idea of trying new ways of doing things. The original blog focused on Correa’s work to overcome the culture of fear in government. But it also mentioned the nature of DHS’s innovative approach, where source selection “centered not around a traditional written proposal but instead around companies actually performing a real agile task that was video-recorded and examined as a central part of proposal evaluation.”

Source: The next big thing in IT procurement — FCW

OMB names Zielinski as IT category manager — FCW

Published on September 18, 2017 in Blog by The Aggregator

Bill Zielinski was just tapped to lead the governmentwide effort to pay less for IT.

Source: OMB names Zielinski as IT category manager — FCW

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