Larry Allen, long time GSA sales consultant, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to explain why he opposes a new rule put in place by the General Services Administration to keep track of what is sold to the government in order to get the most out of its buying power
Source: Larry Allen: Why contractors should ignore the GSA reporting rule – FederalNewsRadio.com
Chris Israel, former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy during the George W. Bush administration, now with the American Continental Group, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to provide more detail on what agencies can do now that the hiring freeze has been lifted.
Source: Chris Israel: Potential agency to-do lists post hiring freeze – FederalNewsRadio.com
Entrepreneurs can successfully straddle the worlds of government contracting and private sector deals. One local founder says the region is ripe with untapped opportunity.
Source: DC entrepreneurs simultaneously tackle public and private sectors – FederalNewsRadio.com
Federal CIOs from every Cabinet and large agency made a trip to the White House over the last month to provide a brain dump to the Trump administration.
Source: White House tech leaders conduct listen, learn with federal CIOs – FederalNewsRadio.com
To make it easier to buy cybersecurity products, GSA has been making adjustments to contracts on its Multiple Awards Schedule 70.
Source: Bill Zielinski: Agencies now have easier time buying cyber products – FederalNewsRadio.com
A new analysis of government data shows that 2016 may have been the low ebb of Defense contract spending, following six years of steady declines.
Source: Defense contracting rebounded in 2016, but R&D spending continues to suffer – FederalNewsRadio.com
General Services Administration’s Assisted Acquisition Service finds itself moving away from IT and into professional services.
Federal CIOs from every Cabinet and large agency made a trip to the White House over the last month to provide a brain dump to the Trump administration.
Source: White House tech leaders conduct listen, learn with federal CIOs – FederalNewsRadio.com
Homeland Security Department management said they’re now requiring documentation and life cycle cost estimations for all major acquisition programs.
Source: How DHS’ acquisition oversight strategy is picking up steam – FederalNewsRadio.com
Larry Allen makes the case that contractors could face increased liabilities because of GSA’s Transactional Data Reporting rule.
Source: Run, don’t walk, away from GSA’s transactional data reporting rule – FederalNewsRadio.com