Category: FAR & Beyond Blog

Twenty-two Topics for 2022!

Happy New Year!  We begin the new year with twenty-two topics that will shape much of the federal acquisition landscape in 2022.  This list is not by any means exhaustive,

A Time for Hope

It is a happy coincidence that so many holiday traditions occur within weeks of each other in the November-December timeframe.  Hannukah, Advent, Los Posadas, Saint Nicholas Day, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day,

The Tyranny of Low Price and Other Challenges

As the Biden Administration implements the President’s Management Agenda (PMA), the Federal acquisition system will play a critical role in supporting the Federal workforce, delivering excellent Federal services and improved customer

Build Procurement Back Better

Just last month, the Biden Administration released its vision for the President’s Management Agenda (PMA). The PMA focuses on three priorities: (1) strengthening and empowering the Federal workforce; (2) delivering excellent

2021 Fall Training Conference a Huge Success Thanks to Your Participation!

The Coalition for Government Procurement would like to thank everyone who attended this week’s Fall Training Conference – What’s Next for the Business of Government? Your participation played a key role in

Join Us Next Week at our 2021 Fall Training Conference

Next week we are excited to be hosting the Coalition’s 2021 Fall Training Conference: What’s Next for the Business of Government? If you haven’t already done so, please take a few minutes

Heaven’s Soldier: Lt. Col. Francis P. Duffy

Next Thursday, our nation marks Veterans Day, a time to remember and honor service members who willingly offer up themselves in service to our country.  Begun following World War I

GSA and VA Keynote Speakers Confirmed for Fall Training Conference, November 17-18

We are less than three weeks away from our Fall Training Conference and are excited to confirm our two Keynote speakers: Robin Carnahan, Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) on

Multiple-Award, Generic, Government-wide Blanket Purchase Agreements = Vertical Contract Duplication

As GSA continues to engage stakeholders regarding its strategy for the cloud marketplace, avoiding vertical contract duplication will be critical to creating a competitive, efficient, and effective cloud marketplace for

Cybersecurity: Not Letting Down Our Guard

It is October, and for many of us, we started the month with a small sense of anticipation, if not excitement.  Perhaps it is residue from our childhood, knowing that, in several short