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Peter Tyler: Senate report says FEMA’s contract award process lacking

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In working the aftermath of natural disasters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency relies on contractors. A recent minority report from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs found that FEMA does not always use best practices in hiring its contractors. Peter Tyler, senior policy analyst at the Project on Government Oversight, has been following this issue and spoke about it on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

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FederalNewsRadio.com launches AskTheCIO.com – FederalNewsRadio.com

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The longest running federal IT program in the industry, Ask the CIO, now has an expanded web presence at AskTheCIO.com.

The new AskTheCIO.com features audio of the program, as well as an expanded look at federal IT and CIO news, podcasts, and a new feature — “Ask the CIO Insider” — which allows users to register to receive federal IT-specific news and events.

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How SOCOM acquisitions try to be as agile as its warfighters

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It’s not easy riding the bleeding edge of warfighter technology and capabilities. But that’s what U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) does consistently. And it does so by fostering an acquisition team that’s as specialized, disruptive and agile as the operators themselves.

“We are paying very close attention to any developments, because in the cycle of warfare, there is always new technologies and new counter-technologies that occur,” Lt. Gen. Marshall B. “Brad” Webb, commander of U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command, said on Agency in Focus: SOCOM.

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Industry awaits JEDI while $8B DEOS project also releases this month

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Now that the Pentagon’s Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract has been delayed, it’s possible that government IT vendors may be faced with responding to the two largest cloud computing contracts in the department’s history in the span of one month. And between the two multibillion-dollar contracts, there will be only two winners.

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Larry Allen: Protest highlights limits of fast-moving OTAs in contracts

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A recent protest case seemed to show the limits of a practice known as other transaction authority, or OTA — a way for agencies to do fast acquisitions yet work with the regulations. But the Government Accountability Office said no to an OTA for cloud services worth $900 million. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss what this might mean to the market.

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A procurement potpourri – FederalNewsRadio.com

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This week on Off the Shelf, Larry Allen, President of Allen Federal Business Partners, gives his take on GSA’s Section 846 implementation plan, including the potential implications of the proposed increase in the Micro-Purchase Threshold (MPT) to $25,000.

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Mallory Barg Bulman: Improving procurement through collaboration

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Collaboration, not throwing things over the transom, just might be the secret sauce for improving federal procurement. Mallory Barg Bulman, vice president for research and evaluation at the Partnership for Public Service, told Federal Drive with Tom Temin about that and other findings sprung from such a collaboration between the Partnership and Booz Allen.

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An update on the NDAA – FederalNewsRadio.com

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This week on Off the Shelf, Jon Etherton, president of Etherton and Associates, Inc., and Tom Sisti, senior director & chief legislative counsel for SAP, provide a legislative update on the acquisition policy highlights in the House NDAA (HR 5515) including the proposed revision of the commercial item definition, the proposed increase in the Micro-Purchase Threshold, the proposed definition of subcontract.

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Big defense companies are turning into dinosaurs in the face of SpaceX, other nontraditional businesses – FederalNewsRadio.com

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Are some of the behemoth defense companies like Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics losing some of their stature?

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Congress eyeing procurement pricing, lead time in 2019 NDAA

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Two acronyms have bedeviled defense department buyers and contractor: Lowest Price Technically Acceptable, or LPTA, and procurement administrative lead time, or PALT. Both are the subject of amendments by local members of Congress to the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act. David Berteau, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to clarify the new proposals.

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