Category: FAR & Beyond Blog

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

More on GSA’s Push for “Data Transactional Reporting”

This blog addresses GSA’s proposed rule seeking to implement “Data Transactional Reporting” for the GSA Schedules program, GSA IT GWACs, and other GSA contract vehicles.  In my March 6th blog,

Transactional Data Reporting: Does the American taxpayer really want wage and price controls?

  On March 4, 2015, the General Services Administration (GSA) issued a proposed rule, GSAR Case 2013-G504, Transactional Data Reporting.  The proposed rule would establish a new requirement for GSA

Federal Times Blog: GSA Advantage, DPAP, and the confusing FAR 8.4 deviation

  I want to share with you a blog post first published on the Federal Times’ Acquisition Blog (www.federaltimes.com). The post discusses GSA Advantage, DPAP, and the confusing FAR 8.4 deviation. On March 13, 2014, Defense Procurement

President Obama, ODCs and the PRC!

President Obama recently received a briefing from GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) on category management and the Common Acquisition Platform (CAP).  The briefing is a very significant symbol of GSA’s

Recap: Hiring Veterans, A Training Program for Employers

Supporting our nation’s veterans has always been a passion of the Coalition and we were fortunate to be able to share that passion yesterday at our event, Hiring Veterans: A