Will Congress nix Obama plan to collect contractors' political data?

The 2012 National Defense Authorization Act is up for a full vote. Will it kill the campaign contribution requirement?

  • By Matthew Weigelt

For agencies, only one measure of success really counts

In today's environment, agenices should set one simple goal and forget everything else, writes Editor Nick Wakeman.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Interior nixes contract, asks for industry input

Federal officials may be reaching out to industry more often to get the best from companies even as agency budgets tighten.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Govies and industry need to keep talking, procurement exec urges

Contracting officers have cover from acquisition policies and rules to open the lines of communication.

  • By Washington Technology staff

How bad was fiscal 2011?

Industry leaders share their insights on what fiscal 2011 meant to them and their companies.

  • By David Hubler

DOD focused on lower costs, not profit margins, Assad asserts

Shay Assad says he isn't too concerned about defense contractors' profit margins, as long as DOD's costs go down.

  • By Washington Technology staff

GSA restarts $2.5B e-mail contract

After losing part of a bid protest, GSA reopens a lucrative cloud e-mail contract.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Is the Air Force flying with egg on its face?

For a month, the Air Force drags three contractors through the mud and then silently does an about-face. What gives?

  • By Nick Wakeman

3 disconnects roiling the government market

The disconnects around how the government buys and what it needs make innovation and efficiency harder to achieve, writes Stan Soloway.

  • By Stan Soloway

Air Force reinstates suspended contractors

Companies are removed from Excluded Parties List System after Air Force reviews their suspension.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Bid protests keep rising

Bid protests filed with GAO continued their five-year climb. How high will they go in fiscal 2012?

  • By Nick Wakeman

Federal cloud procurements not 'gloom and doom' for small vendors

While federal agencies are transitioning to cloud computing environments, what are the prospects for smaller IT vendors in being part of the trend?

  • By Alice Lipowicz

OMB urges agencies to crack down on contractors

New memo from Jack Lew tells agencies to be more aggressive when contractors misbehave.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Transitions in Iraq, Afghanistan help DynCorp in third quarter

DynCorp had more work coming from its LOGCAP IV contract, new task orders on the Air Force Contract Augmentation Program, and State Department contracts, the company said.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Solution to Dover body scandal could lie in Arlington Cemetery

The national cemetery overcame problems with its handling of remains and it might be the role model for resolving the current scandal at Dover Air Force Base.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Senate, White House clash over contractor jobs

An appropriations bill would bar agencies from hiring contractors for work closely tied to inherently governmental functions.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Senate votes to kill 3 percent withholding tax

Lawmakers vote to repeal a tax that would keep back a percentage of payments made to contractors.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

More scrutiny in store for ANC sole-source contracts

The review was prompted by a letter from two senators who have concerns about fraud and abuses in the Alaska Native Corporation small-business program.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Contract preferences proposed for companies that hire vets

Companies with veterans on the payroll could get contracting benefits under new proposal

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Senators question success of vet-owned business program

Call goes out for GAO investigation into effectiveness of the contracting programs for veteran-owned businesses.

  • By Matthew Weigelt
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