It’s a shame when the only way to get an agency’s attention on an acquisition problem is through a lawsuit. Unfortunately, it’s an all too common occurrence with…
Kevin DeSanto, managing director and co-founder, KippsDeSanto This week on Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower is joined by Kevin DeSanto, managing director and co-founder of KippsDeSanto, a…
On October 6, 2022, the Biden Administration released updates from 25 agencies covering their climate adaptation and resilience program progress over the past year. Just one year earlier,…
Creating the technology to get to space is hard enough, something that may be just as or even more difficult, navigating your way through the bureaucratic regulations that…
The Defense Department is testing out an artificial intelligence tool to help the agency write contracts and speed up the federal acquisition process. DoD’s Chief Digital and AI…
The Defense Industrial Base is still quite vast, but it’s steadily shrinking. The latest edition of an annual report by the National Defense Industrial Association suggests that even…
The General Services Administration wants to expand the Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) program to more of its contract vehicles. A new memo from Jeff Koses, GSA’s senior procurement…
As I was about to enter a large breakout room at the Gaylord Hotel in Nashville back in July 2013, I was excited to deliver a presentation on…
The Defense Department is telling its acquisition people to use what’s known as category management to expand the use of small business. But for years, small business has…
About a decade ago, the General Services Administration commenced with the implementation of the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) professional services contract vehicle. This program consists…