599 winners, but will $10B STARS 2 get much action?
With so many winners, can STARS 2 generate enough competition? Our experts express some doubts.
Fourth quarter spending spree expected to hit $120B
Get ready for a busier than usual fourth quarter as agencies scramble to spend their budgets.
Ineligible contractors getting $500M a year from VA, OIG says
Recent federal audits found some serious deficiencies in contracting at the Veterans Affairs Department, including the procurement practices that let ineligible contractors win work.
Deepwater costs hit $29B and rising, GAO says
It still is not smooth sailing for the Coast Guard's Deepwater program in which costs continue to go up, according to a new report.
White House names accountability board members
President Obama chooses watchdogs in government to lead his board.
Companies struggle to prepare for default crisis
Our experts offer advice on what might happen next and how to prepare if the debt-ceiling crisis continues.
Living in the limelight
Thanks, in part, to the limelight that procurement spending is getting nowadays, small businesses received the largest two-year increase in contracts in more than a decade.
Defense bills blur an opportunity
The fiscal 2012 National Defense Authorization Act contains more than two dozen significant procurement-related provisions. Some raise serious concerns, others raise questions, and still others could have positive results.
Senators, SBA dispute accuracy of small-business credit
Senators question whether small-business contracting goals are an "empty achievement."
What four things should we keep after Kundra leaves?
An IT executive argues for four critical elements that should remain after Vivek Kundra, the nation's first chief information officer, departs in August for Harvard.
Senate approves measures against charge-card abuses
The bill is based largely on the GAO's recommendations to prevent recurring waste, fraud, and abuse of government credit charges.
Do longer competitions bring better prices?
Single bids on projects just aren't good enough. What's DOD going to do about it?
Lawmakers want competitive sourcing on the table
House members have asked the Appropriations Committee chairman to keep funding bills free from “provisions inhibiting the utilization of the private sector.”
DOD to revamp acquisition with cyberspace in mind
DOD officials want the huge department to be agile and swift in cyberspace, and acquisition processes have to keep up.
Annapolis firm gets Army order for satellite terminals
TeleCommunication Systems Inc. has been awarded a $60.8 million order to provide satellite terminals to the Army in two stages in 2012.
Senate wants to roll back $1.1B in defense services contracts
The Obama administration and Congress have a number of plans to cut DOD's costs and increase contract oversight, but there's little connection between them all.
Vendors gripe at contracting conference
Steve Kelman found the opening sessions of the National Contract Management Association World Conference to be 'whining and self-serving'
Can the administration really trim $6B from support services contracts?
The Obama administration intends to cut $6 billion in spending by the end of fiscal 2012 on support services contracts beneficial to agency managers.
Relationship advice for contract managers
Problems can begin soon after a contract award. Our experts offer advice on how to stay on track from the start.
14 contractors make VA's $12B T4 contract winners list
The Veterans Affairs Department finally announces the contract award winners for its $12 billion Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology acquisition program.
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