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Larry Allen: Federal contractors will be happy with 2017 spending bill – FederalNewsRadio.com

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Late as it is, the 2017 spending bill could provide a lot of work for federal contractors, even if it doesn’t contain money for a border wall. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to provide more of an assessment. He also discussed the same legislation in a recent blog.

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New cloud buying guide underpins IT modernization bill, cyber EO – FederalNewsRadio.com

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An interagency working group is about to turn the government’s concept of cloud computing on its head.

The Cloud Center of Excellence this week will release a draft best practices guide—please don’t use playbook, it’s so last year—that will give agency contracting officers, chief information officers and CFOs a new way of thinking about buying cloud services.

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Rules around buying of commercial items remains hot button issue for DoD, Congress – FederalNewsRadio.com

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Two interesting items to keep an eye out on Capitol Hill. First, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, is expected to issue the first draft of his acquisition reform bill this week.

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GSA starts translating Trump’s priorities into acquisition policy – FederalNewsRadio.com

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The General Services Administration is going to have its hands full this summer as it works toward translating President Donald Trump’s contracting priorities into policy.

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Joseph Petrillo: Legal disconnect with some CSPARS lawsuits – FederalNewsRadio.com

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The Contractor Performance Assessment Reports System (CPARS) is one of the Defense Department’s most potent weapons for dealing with poor performing companies. But sometimes contracting officers make erroneous judgments and enter them into CPARS. Then what? Contractors can sue. But procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin that even if they win the case, they don’t really win.

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Joseph Petrillo: Legal disconnect with some CSPARS lawsuits – FederalNewsRadio.com

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The Contractor Performance Assessment Reports System (CPARS) is one of the Defense Department’s most potent weapons for dealing with poor performing companies. But sometimes contracting officers make erroneous judgments and enter them into CPARS. Then what? Contractors can sue. But procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin that even if they win the case, they don’t really win.

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Bootstrapping the way out of the legacy IT systems crisis – FederalNewsRadio.com

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The federal IT community is facing an aging systems crisis. Collectively, agencies spend about 75 percent of their IT budgets on operations and maintenance activities, most of which is gobbled up by legacy systems. The situation is even worse at the VA, with reportedly only 10 percent available for investment in new development and modernization. With so much appropriated IT funding tied up in “keep the lights on” activities, agencies face the daunting — if not impossible — task of moving their legacy systems into the 21st century.

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An inside look at how the IT budget stew gets made – FederalNewsRadio.com

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The Office of Management and Budget’s desire for agencies to break out their spending on IT in more depth for the fiscal 2019 budget process hit a bit of a speed bump.

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Alan Chvotkin: Contractors eyes reorganization rollout – FederalNewsRadio.com

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When Secretary of State Rex Tillerson kicked off a reorganization with a speech to career employees, he followed that with a survey going to everyone. It’s part of a governmentwide reorganization envisioned by the Trump administration. And it’s got observers, like contractors, wondering where this is all headed. Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president and counsel at the Professional Services Council, offers his take on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

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SBA: Helping women-owned small businesses – FederalNewsRadio.com

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Today’s guests are Emily Rae, president at Rae International & Amy Kim, Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program Manager at the SBA’s Office of Government Contracting.  The focus of the interview is to show how the SBA can help women with capital, contracts, and counseling. Rae is a great example of a successful woman-owned company who had benefited from SBA’s advice.

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