Miller & Chevalier's Jason Workmaster joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the potential legal implications of the revolutionary FAR Overhaul, and how it will impact contractors and contracting officers.
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Fri, 11 Jul 2025 04:00:00
"Good record keeping is probably the best advice I can give any contractor," said Zach Prince, partner at Haynes Boone.
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Fri, 11 Jul 2025 03:01:20
Ken Dodds, executive vice president, and general counsel for the Coalition for Common Sense in Government Procurement, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss how the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) will reshape key aspects of the procurement process.
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Thu, 10 Jul 2025 04:00:00
Ari Mojiri, director of the GRC office at Drata, explains what cloud services providers should watch for as GSA updates the cloud security program.
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Wed, 09 Jul 2025 22:15:48
New research from the Baroni Center for Government Contracting at the George Mason University shows the industrial base and competition are healthy.
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Wed, 09 Jul 2025 20:34:27
"These investments indicate how they'll rely on private sector expertise and cutting-edge technologies to make our nation more secure," Stephanie Kostro said.
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Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:57:04
"We're sitting at $19 billion in terminated grant programs, terminated grants program funding, that's over 40% of the market today," said Zoe Kendall.
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Mon, 07 Jul 2025 18:41:48
The Services Acquisition Reform Act (SARA) from 2003 brought acquisition inline with other management functions and ensured a trained workforce.
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Wed, 02 Jul 2025 22:46:32
The top Republican and Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee say making DoD acquisition less risk-averse will be a big focus of this year's NDAA.
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Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:29:42
After small businesses spent hundreds of hours and tens of thousands of dollars on FirstSource III and PACTS III bids, DHS decided to cancel them.
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Tue, 01 Jul 2025 16:02:56
"There's a lot more emphasis on team-based approach to developing requirements. A lot more collaboration," Emily Murphy said.
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Mon, 30 Jun 2025 18:14:11
"They’re trying to decide whether a commercial subcontractor can bring a protest at the Court of Federal Claims," said Dan Ramish.
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Fri, 27 Jun 2025 17:41:39
"Like a chili bake-off," said Lynn Jenkins. "Rather than vendors delivering PowerPoints or long technical responses, allow them to show you what they can do."
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Thu, 26 Jun 2025 19:44:21
“The memo provides a means for DoD leaders to more closely scrutinize our requirements for the covered contracts listed in the memo,” John Tenaglia said.
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Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:04:03
“If you think about how most federal acquisition reform has worked before, it's been focused on the rules,” said Soraya Correa. “Let's focus on the mission.”
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Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:08:39