The Defense Department can improve the acquisition process for space technology with more “market intelligence.” Its acquisition leaders need to make clearer distinctions between investing in programs that…
A group of call center employees at large federal contractor Maximus is urging the company to offer better pay and benefits ahead of what will be a major…
This column was originally published on Roger Waldron’s blog at The Coalition for Government Procurement and was republished here with permission from the author. Keeping with the title and theme…
The Defense Department will prioritize three areas of concentration to strengthen and speed up its lumbering acquisition process. Instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, it will use…
A new effort by the Senate is seeking to fix much of what’s wrong with federal small business contracting. And at the same time, hold agencies leadership more…
Federal contractors get plenty of feedback from the government. But outside of protests, the notion of a 360-degree evaluation doesn’t exactly operate here, until now, maybe. It is…
Verizon blew the whistle on itself in how it was protecting the data and systems at the General Services Administration. That admission likely resulted in a smaller penalty…
The Labor Department has revived an old idea: Salaried private-sector employees who work overtime. Well, you can’t just compensate them with pizza. A rule proposed last week would…
The Small Business Administration is stepping up efforts to ensure startups have access to the capital they need to accelerate breakthroughs in artificial intelligence – especially in matters…
Federal requirements mandate that government agencies award nearly a quarter (23%) of all contracts annually to small businesses. But fulfilling set-aside provisions should not be the primary reason…