Month: August 2025

It’s important to train budding leaders to fend off aggressive employees pushing their own agendas while lifting up the softer but equally valuable voices they manage. The post…

Larry Allen, GSA’s associate administrator for the Office of Government-Wide Policy, joins Off the Shelf for an engaging procurement policy discussion. Allen addresses the ongoing changes in policy…

As part of its overhaul the Federal Acquisition Regulation, the Trump administration is trying to put an end to most of the duplicative multiple award contracts that exist…

  Interview transcript:   Eric White So compliance issues are the main target here for the government when they are trying to get defense contractors to submit to…

Interview transcript: David Norquist So I think the key to understanding the status is understanding what it’s being designed for. So both the Trump and Biden administration have…

Keep an eye out for less likely “high-potentials” employees, who, like famous racehorse Seabiscuit, could turn out to be your greatest winners with the right training. The post…

Agencies now have access to a new artificial intelligence tool that has been test driven by the General Services Administration for the last eight months. Through the USAi…

Both the House and Senate versions of the annual defense policy bill include sweeping acquisition reforms aimed at changing how the Pentagon does business. While the two chambers…

From Mike Raker’s perspective, the growing use of outcome-based contracting within the government presents an opportunity amplified by recent disruptions to the federal workforces and organizations. When federal…

Veterans Affairs is setting a new record for the number of disability and pension claims processed in a single year. The VA has gone through more than 2.5…