August 17, 2023
Via: Federal News NetworkThe expert panel Congress assembled to find fixes to the Pentagon’s archaic planning and budgeting process won’t deliver its final prescription for reform until next spring. But its members say there are at least some steps the Defense Department and […]
July 13, 2017
Via: FCWI have never been a fan of contractor bashing. I believe there is nothing wrong with making a profit. I do not believe that contractors typically spend their days dreaming up ways to cheat the government. Indeed, I even believe […]
July 10, 2017
Via: Government ExecutiveThe Homeland Security Department did such a poor job of monitoring a contractor’s implementation of new performance management software the DHS inspector general found that the “failure literally meets [the Government Accountability Office]’s textbook definition of ‘waste.’” The Performance and […]
March 1, 2017
Via: Government ExecutiveThe federal government’s solicitation for the design and construction of a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico has already drawn interest from nearly 200 construction and engineering firms, just days after the notice first appeared. Companies from 41 states, […]
January 5, 2017
Via: FCWThe 2017 National Defense Authorization Act signed by President Barack Obama on Dec. 23 establishes thresholds for protests of task orders cut against large civilian and military indefinite-delivery contracts, which could push some defense contracts away from civilian agency contracting […]
April 21, 2016
Via: FCWSilicon Valley executives are voicing frustration and concern about the length of time it takes for contracts to work their way through the government. “We have a serious, serious problem with the contracting officers, with the purchasing,” John De Santis, […]
November 28, 2023
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