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This week Peter Hutt, partner at Covington & Burling LLP, joins Off the Shelf for an in-depth discussion of the False Claims Act, including the basics of the…

Supply chain interruptions and slowdowns linger as an effect of the pandemic. They make purchasing and acquisition difficult for both the private sector and government. Recently thinkers from…

Let me riddle you this: When it comes to government contracting, if you are not a small business, what are you? The answer, of course, is “other than…

Cybersecurity company Forcepoint is selling its global governments and critical infrastructure business to TPG for $2.5 billion. TPG, a global alternative asset management firm, will establish G2CI as…

The goal posts for the CIO-SP4 governmentwide acquisition contract just moved a bit further down the field. The National Institutes of Health’s IT Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC)…

The federal Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) has aided neophyte companies in a variety of domains. The EPA is among the agencies with an active SBIR program….

A month after the initial decision, a new explanation has emerged for the Pentagon’s sudden decision to cancel the $374 million program it’s been working on for the…

Usually, contractors protest to the government over matters related to money. But there’s a long history of non-monetary damage, usually related to interpretation of a contract. To hear…

Jason Miller, executive editor of Federal News Network, joins Off the Shelf for a wide-ranging discussion of the key procurement events/trends over the first half of 2023. Miller…

This week on Off the Shelf, Larry Allen, president of  Allen Federal Business Partners, gives his thoughts, observations, and insights on a host of procurement hot topics. Allen…