For cybersecurity policies to move forward and be effective the confidence in public-private info sharing needs to increase, U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin says.
The General Services Administration has done away with commercial sales practice disclosures and the price reduction clause in federal contracts with a new rule, according to FCW.
Agencies with a more administrative focus tend to have higher small business goals while more technically focused agencies tend toward lower small business goals, according to a Deltek analysis.
Reverse auctions can be a powerful tool, but acquisitions experts say that agencies need to improve how they use this too often misunderstood process to foster more competition.
OASIS has been a highly anticipated contract, and questions and concerns have been raised since GSA first floated the concept in 2011. But it's here now, and it's not going away. Here are some critical items you need to know.
As damaging as the NSA leaker has been to his former employer Booz Allen Hamilton, how the company responds will be the difference between a momentary embarrassment and a long-term liability.
Contract delays are so commonplace today that it seems as if it has become the normal way of doing business, but that doesn't lessen the pain and frustration of a constipated procurement system.
Budget cuts, gridlock in Congress, regulatory burdens, rising corporate costs and a climate of fiscal uncertainty are proving more troublesome for smaller government contractors, but some are seeing some signs for optimism.
Joseph Jordan, administrator for federal procurement policy at the OMB, has turned to Twitter for insights on the best ways for agencies to get information on prices paid when making their contracting decisions.
Students at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University are being trained to become proficient hackers, so that they may take their expertise to future jobs with the federal government and cyber firms, and work as top-notch cybersecurity experts.
