Carolyn Alston, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, to Retire.
It is with a sense of both honor and sadness the Coalition announces that Carolyn Alston, our Executive Vice President and General Counsel, will be retiring in July. We are
Category: FAR & Beyond Blog
Federal Acquisition Service’s Competitive Pricing Initiative
The Federal Acquisition Service’s (FAS’s) Competitive Pricing Initiative (CPI) is intended to address price variability for identical items under competing Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contracts. An unintended, positive consequence of
New Pricing and Regulatory Compliance Oversight Committee
On July 16th at the Fairfax Chamber of Commerce offices in Tysons, the Coalition will be launching a new Pricing and Regulatory Compliance Oversight Committee (the PRCO). Pricing and audit
The New Fair Pay Rules: Increasing procurement complexity, burdens and costs for government and industry
On May 28th, the Department of Labor (DOL) published the proposed guidance implementing Executive Order 13673, Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces (the E O). On the same day, the FAR
Summer Golf Tournament
Get out your golf clubs and start practicing – we are pleased to officially announce that the Coalition’s 3rd Annual Joseph P. Caggiano Memorial Golf Tournament will be held on
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