Using data to transform procurement
Mark Fox, director of Federal Sales at Amazon Business, joins Off the Shelf this week for a discussion on procurement transformation, e-commerce, and the role data management can…
An update on the MAS program
This week on Off the Shelf, Bill Gormley, president of the Gormley Group, provides an update on the MAS program, including processing Economic Price Adjustments (EPA) and other modifications….
Branding & marketing in GovCon
Mike LeJeune, partner, RSM Federal This week on Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower is joined by fellow GovCon consultant Mike LeJeune of RSM Federal for a wide…
Federal construction contractors have a slew of new compliance headaches
The industry is trying to understand the extent of new Davis-Bacon regulations for federal construction coming out of the Labor Department. The final rule hasn’t quite taken effect,…
Contractors make plans for a messy start to the next fiscal year
The main question now is whether Congress will enact a continuing resolution come October 1st or whether we’ll have a government shutdown. Either way, things will get messy…
Government contracting: Protecting the recipe to your intellectual property
Amid the growth of AI and its follow-on applications, defense contractors are increasingly expected to innovate so that America can stay ahead of the technological curve. While innovation…
For 21st Century IDEA Act, EIS, it’s just a matter of time
Time is a funny concept when it comes to federal technology initiatives. There’s never enough time to fix everything. The initiative needs more time to bake. The law,…
How contractors can make sure they say what they mean when using artificial intelligence to write proposals
It takes a lot of thought to buy artificial intelligence. Contractors trying to sell the stuff, need to put some careful thinking into their proposals and not rush…
Unrestricted loopholes: Are GWACs best feature an end-run around small business?
The federal government’s massive COVID response has quieted some of the zero-sum-game acquisition barking: That the government-contracting game is rigged in favor of the biggest players, that strategic…
House bill would require federal contractors to adopt cyber vulnerability disclosure policy
Vulnerability disclosure policies have proliferated throughout federal agencies in recent years, and if a new House bill ends up becoming law, federal contractors would have to adopt policies…