We are happy today to announce the inaugural class of the Washington Technology Industry Innovators, a new awards and recognition program from WT.
Source: Introducing the most innovative companies of 2017 — Washington Technology
The former government contractor who was busted for hacking into a non-federal competitor’s network is back.
Ariel Friedler, the founder and former CEO of Symplicity Corp. — a government contractor who had run the FedBizOpps.gov and other contracting platforms for much of the 2000s — won a significant suspension and debarment decision in the Washington D.C. District Court.
SOURCE: GSA decision to debar contractor is overruled after judge calls it ‘arbitrary and capricious’
With the Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Act seemingly on a clear path to passage in the Defense authorization bill, the federal community is now asking two simple questions — how will the Trump administration implement the law? And what if CFOs and deputy secretaries don’t play nicely and use the money from the IT savings for other priorities?
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce sent a letter to Government Accountability Office Comptroller General Gene Dodaro Sept. 27 asking the GAO to look into how the Department of Energy is handling requests for data from contractors.
Source: House panel seeks probe of contractor data calls — FCW
This week on “Off the Shelf”, Bill Gormley, president of the Gormley Group, and Tom Sisti, senior director & chief legislative counsel for SAP, discuss the nexus between procurement policy and procurement operations.
From the campaign stump to the early days of the presidency, Donald Trump has promised to reorganize the federal government, decrease the workforce and devolve some federal responsibilities to state and local governments or the private sector.
This article will suggest approaches in developing a product to the point where it can be marketed in the small business federal government contracting venue. Individuals usually succeed at such an endeavor by forming a company, separating it from their personal assets and then developing the company and its product(s)/service(s); even if it is only a one-person operation at the start.
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program is now offering FedRAMP Tailored, a faster approval process for cloud service providers with low-impact software-as-a-service offerings.
Source: FedRAMP launches streamlined approvals for low-impact services — FCW
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked (by Congress) to review the extent of the contract closeout backlog at large federal agencies. It published its findings this month (see Additional Management Attention and Action Needed to Close Contracts and Reduce Audit Backlog). As the report title implies, the GAO was not satisfied that agencies have been effectively managing the contract closeout process. GAO attributed most of the problem to everyone’s favorite whipping boy, the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA).
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: New GAO Report on DCAA Incurred Cost Audits
An oversight report found that agencies are ignoring hundreds of IG and GAO security recommendations.
Source: Why aren’t agencies listening to GAO, IGs on FISMA? — FCW