Dedicated reader G. Clooney, previously of Los Angeles but “considering a move to Ottawa”, writes, “Presidential elections impact big stuff like healthcare, defense and, foreign policy.  What difference do they make, though, to procurement?”  Elections matter to procurement and acquisition, just like every other part of government, G.  Each administration has its own ideas on government management.  Over the years that’s brought us big changes like FASA and the Read more

Think that conflict of interest as a contractor concern area are dead and buried in federal acquisition?  Think again.  COI issues are at the center of a protest filed by Northrop Grumman and are holding up a $1.15 billion (yep, with a “b”) DHS cybersecurity contract.  If COI issues can hold up a project this big, they can get your company in trouble, too.  The Northrop case specifically centers on whether a former DHS employee hired by Raytheon, the putative winner Read more

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On the heels of improvements made to DOD acquisition last year, the chorus for more sweeping change to government contracting is getting louder.  There’s good reason, too.  A host of new rules implemented in the past 5-10 years have, indeed, made government business more expensive and difficult to transact.  One need look no further than DOD’s Silicon Valley Read more

Despite several years of hype and discourse around cloud-based solutions “…we still have to be talking about the need to move to the cloud” according to a Federal News Radio survey released last week.  Just a little over half of survey respondents said that their agency has moved at least some systems to a cloud-based format.  What’s holding feds up?  In a word, “control”.  Federal IT Read more