Mark Your Calendars: Upcoming Coalition Events

The Coalition is excited to kick off 2023 with a full schedule of all-member events to help contractors prepare for the New Year! We remain dedicated to bringing Coalition members the most valuable discussions with government and industry leaders on key acquisition...

Watchwords for 2023

Happy New Year! We begin the new year with the “watchwords” that we expect will drive the procurement system and government operations through 2023 and beyond. Cybersecurity Cybersecurity is a fundamental requirement for government operations and the contractors that...

TDR: Common Sense Policy Supporting the MAS Marketplace!

This is the second in a series of blogs focusing on the policy and program value of TDR. Over the last 30 years, GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program has evolved from exclusively focusing on static, contract-level pricing to driving pricing, performance, and...

Thank you for a Successful Fall Conference!

The Coalition for Government Procurement would like to thank everyone who attended this week’s Fall Training Conference – Expectations for Government Fiscal Year 2023. Your participation played a key role in making the conference an excellent opportunity for the...

Ted Buford

In last week’s FAR & Beyond blog, we honored the career of Jon Etherton by announcing him as a recipient of the Coalition’s highest distinction, the Common Sense in Government Procurement Award. Readers may remember that we also teased the revelation of a second...

Jon Etherton

One does not often hear of many icons in the government procurement space.  Probably the closest to such symbols of excellence are Ralph Nash and John Cibinic, authors of the seminal work on government procurement law that no doubt has been read and re-read by...