On March 16, 2011, an interim rule was issued implementing Section 863 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act of FY 2009. Section 863 extends the competition requirements of Section 803 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2002 (2002 NDAA) government wide. The new rule may represent the final step in a fundamental [...]

On March 17th the Coalition held its Spring Conference. I am pleased to report that the Conference was very well attended with a good mix of industry representatives and government officials. The Honorable Tom Davis, former Congressman for Virginia’s 11thCongressional District and former Chairman of the House Government Reform Committee and currently the Director of [...]

A modular approach to Strategic Sourcing or “one size does not fit all.” The Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (“FSSI”) is now over five years old having begun in 2005 as procurement partnership between the General Services Administration (“GSA”) and the Department of Treasury (“Treasury”). GSA and Treasury were responding to the Office of Management and [...]

DoD’s Better Buying Initiative. . . Prospects for Congressional oversight and procurement reform. . . The budget crisis. . . Government shutdown. . . . New policies and regulations. . . Significant government contracts and bid protest cases . . . The latest GSA’s outreach efforts for its programs. . . Updates of GSAAdvantage! and [...]