6 Difficult Workplace Personalities to Manage
When training new managers, it’s important to note the array of personalities they may be confronted with. The post 6 Difficult Workplace Personalities to Manage appeared first on…
The state of the interagency contracting market
This week on Off the Shelf, host Roger Waldron interviews Deloitte Managing Director Roger Sion, leader of the Enterprise Contract Vehicle G0-to-Market team in Deloitte’s Government & Public…
Thoughts on what is fair and reasonable?
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. Federal Acquisition Policy and Procedure (PAP)…
Navy says two programs show the case for ‘colorless’ IT spending
The Navy says it’s seen huge successes in a pilot project that aims to change the decades-old, hardware-centric budgeting model Congress and the Pentagon use to plan and…
A dispute over government audit rights in hybrid contracts
In cost-plus contracts, exactly how much of a contractor’s records can the government see? And who in particular can see them? Those questions are at the heart of…
All things AI
This week on Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower is joined by Peter Erickson of MoDev, producer of the GovAI Summit. Pete Erickson, CEO, MoDev Topics discussed include: the…
DHS lays out new ‘cybersecurity readiness’ metrics for contractors
The Department of Homeland Security will use a “cybersecurity readiness” assessment to evaluate whether contractors have appropriate cyber defenses in place prior to making contract awards. DHS published…
New House Speaker. New cyber guidelines. What contractors can do to navigate it all.
There is now more cyber guidance than ever for the companies that do business with the government. You can also expect even more when it comes to other…
Here’s a novel way for contractors to pitch ideas to the Defense Department
They work on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. They work just about everywhere. So why not short videos to pitch ideas to Defense Department program managers and contracting officers?…
Training Managers to Avoid Creating a False Sense of Urgency
One sign of a culture of false urgency is when employees feel compelled to work at nights and on the weekends because that’s the only time they feel…