When Congress renewed the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program last fall, a collective sigh of relief could be heard…
Time-wise, there’s not much left of the federal fiscal year. Less then three months now. Money-wise it’s a different story. Agencies will spend around $217 billion between now…
The fourth quarter federal buying season official kicked off on Saturday. And it’s expected to be as busy as ever. Bloomberg Government estimates agencies will spend about $217…
When awarding government contracts, actual pricing will always beat hypothetical pricing. Yet most multiple award task and delivery order contracts are awarded based on hypothetical pricing. To change…
When 13 technology and venture capital leaders wrote an open letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on June 26, it was a plea to reform the Defense…
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. As a best practice, commercial firms…
The Government Accountability Office threw the CIO-SP4 governmentwide acquisition contract into further disarray. GAO today upheld 98 protests from companies who were eliminated in Phase 1 of the…
The Department of Veterans Affairs has tried twice before to replace its aging financial management IT system. Both attempts failed. But the third try looks like it could…
The Army’s new payroll and human resources system rolled out in January, but the team managing Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army (IPPS-A) still has work to do in…
This week on Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower is joined by contracts guru Larry Allen, to discuss the current GovCon landscape. Larry Allen, president, Allen Federal Business…