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
OPINION
The bipartisan budget deal is a welcome gift as we head into the Christmas season, but tough decisions lie ahead for 2014 and beyond. PSC President Stan Soloway explores the pressing issues that are yet to be resolved.
- By Stan Soloway
- Dec 19, 2013
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
OPINION
The government is sending plenty of mixed signals thanks to LPTA requirements in the new Defense Logistics Agency's STORES contract and small business talk coming out of GSA, writes PCS President Stan Soloway.
- By Stan Soloway
- Jul 25, 2014
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
OPINION
A push for more supply chain accountability and the new workforce executive order will shift more responsibility to contractors, and with responsibility comes greater risk, but PSC President Stan Soloway asks, Is this pendulum swinging too far?
- By Stan Soloway
- Nov 05, 2014
COMMENTARY
The Defense Department's pursuit of the JEDI cloud strategy has the potential to open the market to commercial products and services like never before, but aren't we missing the opportunity to have a broader and more productive discussion?
- By Stan Soloway
- Jun 11, 2018
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
COMMENTARY
Stan Soloway shares some counter-intuitive reasoning that says agencies under budget pressure often are the most innovative and might be where the best opportunities are found.
- By Stan Soloway
- May 22, 2017
COMMENTARY
The past performance system is in shambles and no one seems surprised but an efficient and transparent system will make the acquisition process better for agencies and contractors alike.
- By Stan Soloway
- Aug 02, 2016
OPINION
In an era of deep budget cuts and fiscal uncertainty, the need for communication and collaboration between government and industry has never been greater but the resistance on the part of agency officials runs deep.
- By Stan Soloway
- Sep 23, 2013
COMMENTARY
Improved communications is necessary to achieve cost reductions and efficiencies at the Defense Department, writes Stan Soloway of the Professional Services Council.
- By Stan Soloway
- Oct 07, 2010
The status of the federal civil service and acquisition workforce is likely to be high on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's agenda this year.
- By Stan Soloway
- Feb 02, 2009
OPINION
Among the deficit and debt debate we missed the chance to talk about what a modern government looks like.
- By Stan Soloway
- Oct 25, 2012
COMMENTARY
The disconnects around how the government buys and what it needs make innovation and efficiency harder to achieve, writes Stan Soloway.
- By Stan Soloway
- Nov 28, 2011