Ginman officially named director of defense procurement policy
Richard Ginman takes place of Shay Assad in defense procurement policy, as Assad moves to pricing policies.
New ethics language needed for 'at-risk' federal contracts
The Administrative Conference of the United States is considering a proposal that would require new federal acquisition language on certain types of federal contracts defined to be at special risk.
10 lessons to pull back the veil on government spending
The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board oversaw the spending and tracking of money from the 2010 economic stimulus law, and it impressed many people inside government and outside. Now, it's the model for the future.
Marines go shopping for $880M worth of new computers
The Marine Corps is planning to spend $880 million to buy more than 400,000 desktop and laptop computers as well as a smaller number of commercial and rugged tablet computers through a five-year Marine Corps Common Hardware Suite procurement contract.
How smaller budget may mean more business
Budget cuts might create more business for systems integrators. What three trends must you understand?
Oklahoma program pays primes for job creation
A new program in Oklahoma will pay prime contractors cash for bringing jobs to the state.
Offensensitivity: Are you joking?
FCW cartoonist John Klossner recounts his adventure trying to make a joke about a very grim topic.
Federal IT leaders receive AFFIRM awards
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra and other government executives were honored at AFFIRM's leadership awards luncheon.
New NASA priorities open billions in new opportunities
As NASA reduces its focus on space operations, opportunities in other science and technology areas will grow.
Lockheed might outsource F-35 to Japan
As part of its sales pitch to Japanese buyers, Lockheed Martin said it would consider building some of the fighter jets in Japan.
DOD increases scrutiny of contractor pricing
New pricing chief Shay Assad says the Defense Department is going to pay more attention to how much it pays for goods and services.
Has Obama administration dropped the ball on performance-based acquisition?
Steve Kelman traces continuity of management approaches through three presidential administrations.
Senior Army acquisition official resigns
Michael O'Neill abruptly resigned from his position as assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition.
Shay Assad becomes director of defense pricing
Shay Assad, a senior procurement policy official at the Defense Department, is now the director of defense pricing.
GTSI wins $450M to bring the FAA better IT
GTSI is tasked with bringing cost-saving IT services to the Federal Aviation Administration as part of the SAVES program.
Are inventories of service contracts worthless?
Some agency officials worry that their inventories of service contracts will never be used for anything meaningful.
Competition suffers with shift to federal R&D centers
More agency are looking to federally funded R&D centers as alternative to contracts. The idea hurts competition and is a blow to transparency.
Lawmakers try to separate politics, contracting
Two bills would prohibit contractors from including information in a contract proposal about political contributions to candidates or causes.
House members back contractors in pay fight
The tax has been tagged as a way to decrease the tax gap and make delinquent companies pay their share of taxes, although many lawmakers disagree.
Dell to supply VA with $476M in PCs, services
Dell Corp. will provide the Veterans Affairs Department with PCs, technology and services at more than 1,200 VA sites nationwide under a four-year, $476 million contract that will include approximately 600,000 PCs and monitors.
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