A longtime procurement executive gets White House recognition
If the General Services Administration is at the heart of much of federal procurement, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin next guest for this interview is at the…
DHS’ Courtney: FirstSource III will include on-ramp opportunities
The Department of Homeland Security is inching closer to make awards under its much-anticipated FirstSource III small business IT products and software contract. While the timeline is still…
Key trends and provisions in the 2023 NDAA
This week on Off the Shelf, Tim Cook, executive director of the Center for Procurement Advocacy, and Tom Sisti, executive vice president and general counsel of the Coalition…
Navy Office of Small Business Programs hits the street to try and increase 8(a) awards
When the Navy’s Office of Small Business Programs fell short of its small disadvantaged business (SDB) goals in fiscal 2022, it made a decision to aggressively reach out…
Supply chain resiliency: Procurement lessons learned
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. Feb. 24 marks the one-year anniversary…
Is the carbon-emissions reporting rule for contractors setting companies up for failure?
Federal contracts are reacting to a couple of rules coming from the Biden administration. One requires them to report so-called greenhouse-gas emissions. Another lets lower-tier subcontracting count toward…
Federal contracting industry provides support for Ukraine
The Navy is losing a key technology executive. Aaron Weis, the Department of the Navy’s chief information officer, is leaving after more than three years. Federal News Network…
White House’s ‘Justice40’ push backed by agency mapping initiatives
Agencies are bolstering the Biden administration’s environmental justice push with mapping initiatives that help users understand complex data, as the White House also directs agencies to use a…
Thunderdome hits its targets, DISA moves to next phase of zero trust
The Defense Department took a big step forward in implementing zero trust architecture and creating a new level of cybersecurity. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) said the…
An update on the cars and trucks that’ll be in your agency’s fleet
The Biden administration wants the federal fleet of cars and light trucks to be all electric. Most of the fleet is acquired and managed by a section of…