This week on Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower is joined by Nick Wakeman, editor in chief of Washington Technology for a wide-ranging, candid discussion of the new administration’s executive…
The General Services Administration is making a second, more direct push to strongly encourage agencies to cut “nonessential” consulting contracts by March 7. And this time, it’s telling…
In some ways the government barely ever changes. In other ways, the government today is unrecognizable from the one of 25 years ago. Four presidents, seven administrations and…
An acting undersecretary has told managers throughout the Defense Department to review contracts for consulting services. Not just a casual review, but with an eye towards terminating or…
Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that the Trump administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren’t expected to save the government any…
The importance of saying thank you should never be taken for granted, and it should never be taken for granted that everyone knows how to do it! The…
Unfortunately, the last 30 years have seen the determined, inexorable re-regulation of commercial item contracting. As highlighted in previous blogs, the number and scope of unique federal clauses…
When you have office space and work arrangements that provide exposure to natural light while maximizing comfort, employees are willing to give you more. The post Why a…
In the spirit of procurement reform, efficiency and economy, and to be consistent with our blogs in the prior weeks, the Coalition and its members have undertaken an…
Over the first three weeks of the Trump administration’s “shock and awe” approach to reorder the government, contractors have been unusually quiet. From the canceling of contracts to…