Mar 16, 2017 | Federal Budget
This week, President Trump issued an Executive Order on a “Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch.” The order directs the “Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Director) to propose a plan to reorganize governmental functions and eliminate...
Jan 22, 2016 | Federal Budget
Analysis by Cameron Leuthy (Bloomberg Government) — The eighth year of any administration that makes it that far sometimes feels like a slog. An election year with divided government — Republicans in control of the House and Senate and a Democrat in the White House —...
Sep 24, 2015 | FAR & Beyond, Federal Budget
As we approach the fiscal year deadline, the chances of another government shutdown have grown. The most recent federal government shutdown occurred in 2013. It lasted seventeen days, and not many people were happy with the end result. This approach to appropriations...
Mar 7, 2014 | Federal Budget, Federal Supply Schedule, Strategic Sourcing
Strategic acquisition offers government and industry an opportunity to work together to identify unnecessary costs in the acquisition process and pass those savings along to federal agencies. However, a new term has entered the dialogue regarding the Federal...
Feb 21, 2014 | FAR & Beyond, Federal Budget
By Guest Blogger: Ray Bjorklund, President, BirchGrove Consulting LLC As a business developer, you follow the money. You trek toward the customers that spend money and the customers that spend the most. Discretionary spending authority, appropriated by...
Oct 11, 2013 | Coalition Events, FAR & Beyond, Federal Budget
Welcome back! With the shutdown behind us—at least for now—the procurement community can get back to the business of competing, awarding and implementing contracts that support agency missions across the nation and the world. The impact of the shutdown is a...
