August is around the corner. It is the time we start thinking about the end of summer and the return (thankfully) of school. In many ways summer is already over. Next week my boys start football practice for the season (Ankle biters and 95 pound divisions) and in less than two weeks my daughter starts [...]

It is HOT! The Dog Days of Summer are officially here. This Wednesday Lindy Bathurst, our summer intern, and I braved the heat and walked to attend a meeting at the White House Conference Center. The Coalition was invited by OMB’s Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) to participate in a Myth-Busting Phase 2 Workshop. [...]

What’s the deal with mobile devices? Or can a better deal be struck? The July 11th issue of the Federal Times had an interesting front page article on the Government’s growing demand for iPads and other mobile devices. The article primarily focused on potential security challenges of mobile devices and the government’s response to those [...]

Yesterday Bill Gormley, Chairman of The Coalition for Government Procurement, and I attended the White House Forum on Accountability in Federal Contracting. The Forum is part of the White House Campaign to Cut Waste. Jeffery Zients, U.S. Chief Performance Officer and OMB’s Deputy Director for Management and Dan Gordon, OMB’s Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy [...]