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

Putting clarity into contracting

How one agency addresses misunderstandings between agencies and contractors.

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

What do supermarket cashiers, gas-station attendants and the dodo have in common?

At the National Contract Management Conference, Steve Kelman learns what procurement officials fear these days

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

Contracting out strikes out again among my students

A survey of Kelman’s public policy students shows declining supporting for contracting out government services.

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

Do ANCs deserve their special contracting status?

Critics and supporters disagree about the role of the sole-source, set-aside program; which side of the debate are you on?

  • By Matthew Weigelt

GD acquisition expands combat vehicle line

General Dynamics Corp. will pay $360 million to buy Force Protection, in a move that bolsters its line of armored vehicles designed to protect against IEDs and other explosive devices.

  • By David Hubler

Connections $5B competition about to begin

The go ahead should be given in the next week for agencies to start placing orders. What's special about this contract?

  • By Nick Wakeman

Will conflict-of-interest rules expand?

The government is floating the idea of expanding conflict-of-interest rules. What is it asking for?

  • By Washington Technology staff

SAIC tasked with logistics support at two major Marine camps

Under a GSA task order worth $35 million or more, SAIC will provide logistics support to the U.S. Marine Corps at Camp Lejeune, N.C., and Camp Pendleton, Calif.

  • By David Hubler
Previous
Next