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Learning professionals and the Human Resources team should be having conversations about how productivity is defined and measured to determine both pay and the organizational hierarchy. The post…

NASA is reconstituting its data analysis team to improve its decision making around acquisition. The idea of using data to drive decisions isn’t new for NASA. But with…

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. There is a maxim of business…

Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller joins Off the Shelf  for a look back at the year in procurement. Miller highlights some of the key procurement events…

A dispute between the Defense Department and old-line contractor Raytheon shows how tricky the rules are for cost accounting. In one recent case, Raytheon prevailed at the Armed…

Judging by the pace of patent applications, intellectual property is expanding fast in the United States and around the world. Without innovation, it’s hard to grow an economy….

The Small Business Administration is taking on a major project in the new year — certifying the veteran-owned status of small businesses looking to compete for federal government…

Bragging is sometimes taught as the antidote for “impostor syndrome,” in which a person feels like they don’t deserve to be in a job they are well qualified…

This week Brian Friel, co-counder of BD Squared, LLC, joined Off the Shelf  for a wide-ranging discussion of the federal procurement market, including the impending re-competes of major…

By nearly all measures, 2022 was a terrible year for the average investor. Inflation and a host of badly received public policies sent both stock and bond markets…