Managing the presidential transition

GovNavigators co-founder Robert Shea joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center for a very lively discussion on the upcoming presidential transition.

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Thu, 19 Dec 2024 22:26:00

Breaking down barriers: The challenges of federal micro-purchases for small businesses

Navigating the federal contracting landscape can be a daunting experience for small businesses.

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Wed, 18 Dec 2024 21:29:03

Contractors prepare for really, really late 2025 appropriations

"The lateness of appropriations is really going to have an impact on the work that they do," said Larry Allen.

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Tue, 17 Dec 2024 17:13:16

Breaking the standard

Aubrey Gainfort, host of Breaking the Standard podcast, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss how to expand your knowledge of the federal market.

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Sat, 14 Dec 2024 02:26:22

Federal News Network’s Small Business Guide

Get tips and tactics to make informed IT and professional services buys across government

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Fri, 13 Dec 2024 21:05:25

GSA closes in on enterprisewide software deal with Microsoft

Laura Stanton, GSA’s assistant commissioner for the IT category, said GSA, OFPP have worked with agencies to come up with 24 standard terms and conditions.

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Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:29:12

How a president could take over federal contracting

"What's changed here is that the President may not go to jail for doing acts which heretofore have resulted in people going to jail," said Bob Tobias.

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Fri, 06 Dec 2024 15:46:31

This proposed SBA procurement rule fixes one they got wrong in the first place

"The general rule is that your size is measured. Your qualification for procurement is measured at the time you submit your proposal," said Zach Prince.

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Thu, 05 Dec 2024 19:53:29

Procurement priorities at NASA

Karla Smith Jackson, assistant administrator for the Office of Procurement at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, joins host Roger Waldron's on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss her management priorities for NASA procurement.

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Thu, 05 Dec 2024 17:45:34

Time to stick a fork in this bogged down procurement

"This is one of the lessons that NITAAC should have learned from industry comments before the final RFP ever went out," said Larry Allen.

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Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:04:12

As the Acquisition World Turns: OFPP turns heat up on primes

Several changes are coming to the federal acquisition sector including OFPP’s new requirements for procurement forecasts and subcontracting oversight.

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Tue, 03 Dec 2024 17:04:43

GSA taps IBM to support next-generation federal travel and expense platform

GSA and IBM will start working with agencies this fiscal year to transition from the current platform, ETS2, to ETSNext.

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Wed, 27 Nov 2024 20:10:31

Contractors are also wondering about Trump’s government-cutting plan

Federal contractors are wondering what President-elect Donald Trump's so-called Department of Government Efficiency thinks the government should be doing.

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Tue, 26 Nov 2024 20:04:34

House GOP setting up DOGE subcommittee to address ‘wasteful’ federal spending

A source familiar with the Oversight committee’s plans said lawmakers have already met with key members of the incoming Trump administration’s DOGE team.

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Fri, 22 Nov 2024 22:56:35