Category: FAR & Beyond Blog

A Day of Remembrance

Memorial Day was originally referred to as Decoration Day and honored those who fell fighting to preserve our Union during the Civil War.  The first official recognition of Memorial Day

Uncertainty in the Federal IT Marketplace:

The questions surrounding NS2020’s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) procurement.  EIS is the Federal Acquisition Service’s (FAS’s) follow-on telecommunications procurement that will replace the current Networx contracts.  In April, 2014, FAS’s

How to Know if a CAV is an Audit?

The Federal Acquisition Service’s (FAS’s) Customer Assistance Visits (CAVs):  How to know if a CAV is an audit? If the authority cited for the CAV is an audit clause; if

2015 Spring Training Conference Thank You!

As you know, on Tuesday of this week the Coalition hosted its 2015 Spring Training Conference: The Business of Government.  Thank you to the many people and organizations who helped

FAS’s Briefing on its Multiple Award Schedule Competitive Pricing Initiative

This week GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) invited the Coalition to a briefing on its Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Competitive Pricing Initiative.  The Competitive Pricing Initiative (CPI) will be launched

2015 Spring Training Conference is Very Near!

I won’t be writing a typical comment today as I’ll be out of the office presenting at GSA’s public meeting in regards to amending the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation

The Coalition’s Comments on NS2020

For this week’s FAR and Beyond Blog, I’d like to share the Coalition’s comments to GSA on NS2020:       March 31, 2015   Timothy J. Horan Contracting Officer

2015 Spring Training Conference Coming Soon!

Now that we’ve entered April, there are a couple things we’re very excited about here at the Coalition – warmer weather and our upcoming Spring Training Conference titled The Business

Roger Waldron’s Letter to Administrator Roth and Administrator Rung

For this week’s comment, I wanted to share with you all a letter the Coalition sent this week to OMB and GSA concerning commercial item contracting in the wake of a

The Coalition’s 2015 Spring Conference is Almost Here!

In just 5 short weeks……. The Coalition 2015 Spring Training Conference titled The Business of Government will take place on April 28th at the Fairview Park Marriott in Falls Church, VA. The roster