Right now, the Supreme Court is considering a case that could boost federal whistleblowers bringing forth wrongdoing by contractors under the False Claims Act. The case underscores the…
Last week, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) heard testimony, regarding a so-called “revolving door” between the Pentagon and companies to which it awards contracts. The SASC’s Personnel…
The Office of Personnel Management’s advantageous stake in the talent acquisition space is raising alarm bells in Congress. As both regulator and provider of federal talent acquisition systems,…
Agencies are buying professional services at a rate experts call “astonishing.” The growth between 2021 and 2022 was unlike ever before. And half way into fiscal 2023, the…
A federal court in Texas sentenced retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Scott Bethel to 12 months in prison for wire fraud and filing a false tax return. Bethel…
This week’s Deeper Look is with Arun Venkataraman, the assistant secretary of Commerce for global markets and director general of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, and his…
An Army contracting officer is facing up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy and 10 counts of…
The Air Force’s enterprise IT as-a-service program cleared its final hurdle and is ready for takeoff. The service emerged victorious after the Government Accountability Office denied the protest…
I sat with the principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army (ASA) for acquisitions, logistics and technology (ALT), my old friend Young Bang, this week. For those not…
Bad things can happen when contractors fail to include their subs in negotiations with the government. The Air Force decided to redo its approach to a small construction…