OPINION
Congress is moving forward with acquisition reform efforts to bring more commercial buying to the government, but agency actions often go in the opposition direction.
- By Stan Soloway
- Mar 01, 2013
OPINION
The Defense Department has moved forward with a cost-analysis regulation that's inaccurate and based on false assumptions. PSC President Stan Soloway explains the damage that potentially will be done.
- By Stan Soloway
- Jul 31, 2013
OPINION
Washington turns the Edward Snowden scandal into another opportunity to attack contractors instead of entering a serious debate about national security policy.
- By Stan Soloway
- Jun 27, 2013
The hot button issue of insourcing is creating unease, especially in the Defense Department, where weak guidance has produced a sense of confusion among the various components.
- By Stan Soloway
- Jul 02, 2009
COMMENTARY
Are you guilty until proven innocent? Columnist and PSC President Stan Soloway argues that too many people and groups want to slap contractors with a debarment without considering due process rights.
- By Stan Soloway
- Mar 30, 2011
OPINION
As the government rushes forward with strategic sourcing, PSC President Stan Soloway advices caution because how and where strategic sourcing gets applied can be the difference between a win and lose for both sides.
- By Stan Soloway
- May 22, 2013
COMMENTARY
The Commission on Wartime Contracting thinks a surplus of contractors has led to too much waste in Iraq and Afghanistan, but Stan Soloway offers a different perspective on the issue.
- By Stan Soloway
- Oct 14, 2011
A number of federal agencies are proceeding with insourcing efforts even though they haven't conducted performance or cost analysis of the benefits or offered a strategic vision of the agency’s workforce composition.
- By Stan Soloway
- Aug 27, 2009
COMMENTARY
Too many government officials espouse solutions that don't consider the complexity of the problem.
- By Stan Soloway
- Mar 23, 2011
COMMENTARY
Recent actions undermine efforts to maintain a strong cadre of acquisition employees, says Stan Soloway, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council.
- By Stan Soloway
- Apr 05, 2010
The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction issued a massive report in December, which concluded that the U.S. engagement in Iraq was marked, and to an extent doomed, from the beginning by an under-resourced and undermanned infrastructure.
- By Stan Soloway
- Jan 19, 2009
The idea of using protests as part of a government sales strategy is a disturbing concept.
- By Stan Soloway
- Feb 26, 2009
COMMENTARY
The Obama administration needs to correct transparency imbalances where either too little or too much information is being shared with the public, says Stan Soloway of the Professional Services Council.
- By Stan Soloway
- Jun 28, 2010
COMMENTARY
Small-business contracting fell last year, but one year isn't a trend. PSC President Stan Soloway warns against a rush to change contracting goals.
- By Stan Soloway
- Jul 16, 2012
COMMENTARY
Reducing government costs is in everyone's best interest, writes Stan Soloway, but too much emphasis on cutting margins will only hurt government and industry in the long run.
- By Stan Soloway
- Apr 13, 2012