The Coalition in the News
2022
December16, Bloomberg Law
White House Flexes Purchasing Power to Curb Climate Emissions
November 11, FCW
NASA SEWP’S ‘Secret Weapon’ to Retire at the End of the Year
September 15, Federal News Network
GSA Makes Inflation Adjustments a Bit Easier for Contractors
September 9, Federal News Network
The Latest DoD Attempt at Improving Contractor Cybersecurity, Runs into a Buzz Saw
September 1, Federal News Network
Cyber Accreditation Body Says Key CMMC Document to Face Changes
August 23, Fedscoop
Building Your Risk Management Framework; A New Ceiling for Alliant 2
July 1, Federal News Network
GSA Hits the Play Button on Polaris by Finalizing Solicitation Updates
June 30, Fedscoop Radio
June 28, Federal News Network
CMMC Early Adopter Program to Further Spur Vendor Cyber Actions
June 22, Federal News Network
The General Services Administration is Downright Spacey…It Has Three North Stars
June 17, Fedscoop
GSA Eyes Early Alliant 3 Release
April 21, Fedscoop Radio
Navy’s Approach to Cybersecurity; Improving Federal Hiring; Prepping the Federal Marketplace
April 21, Federal News Network
GSA’s Busy 2022 So Far: Inflation, 876 and a New Strategy
April 1, Federal News Network
GSA’s Temporary EPA Moratorium Sputters Out of the Gate
March 9, Federal News Network
Contractors Need Agencies to Help Them ‘Whip Inflation Now!’
February 22, Executive Gov
Trade Groups Discuss Impact of Continuing Resolutions on Federal Contractors
February 7, Fedscoop Radio
January 27, Federal New Network
NITAAC Extends Due Date for CIO-SP4 After Bid Submission Problems
2021
November 26, Federal News Network
Pentagon considers incentives to get companies to CMMC 2.0 early
November 18, Federal News Network
GSA previews major upcoming GWACs, new Services MAC
November 2, Fedscoop Radio
Modernizing Business Processes in Government and Evidence-Based Policy Making in Congress
October 29, Federal News Network
GSA Makes Course Corrections with its Commercial Platforms Initiative
September 14, Federal News Network
Industry’s patience wearing thin with DoD’s CMMC, GSA’s follow-on to OASIS
July 6, Federal News Network
DHS’s Correa to retire after 40 years in government
June 4, Government Executive
Contracting Community Welcomes Biden’s Budget Proposal
March 9, Federal News Network
GSA kicks off two-year effort to innovate service contracting beyond OASIS
March 3, Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
Award-winning support recognized by government procurement coalition
January 16, Federal News Network
GSA kick starts 2021 with an acquisition potpourri
2020
December 4, Inside Cybersecurity
July 15, Office Products International
Analysis: Unanswered Questions for GSA
June 2, Federal News Network
Federal Procurement Spending Up $120B Since 2015
April 28, Federal News Network
IG Says GSA Missed Out on Potentially $1.1B in Savings, But is that Really the Case?
March 31, Federal Computer Week
Vendors Pile on the Telework Bandwagon
March 24, Federal News Network
OMB’s New Coronavirus Contractor Guidance Doesn’t Answer Some of the Toughest Questions
March 19, Washington Business Journal
Contractor need for cybersecurity intensifies as telework takes hold
March 2, Federal News Network
White House, GSA, positions on e-commerce platforms perplex industry association
February 17, Federal News Network
Change is hard vs. real problems: The tale of the beta.sam.gov portal
Jan 30, Federal News Network
GSA names permanent leaders of Federal Acquisition Service
Jan 18, FCW
GSA finetunes e-commerce effort
2019
December 19, Washington Business Journal
Why experts say they don’t expect contracting to pause through impeachment
May 9, FCW
Procurement gurus mostly pleased with GSA’s e-commerce plans
May 3, Federal News Network
GSA taking the bite out of buying commercial products
May 1, Vox
The US government is the world’s largest purchaser of consumer goods. Amazon wants a piece.
April 19, Federal News Network
Counterfeit products, Section 846 implementation, appearance of ghost pilots
April 5, Federal News Network
Change in cloud forecast: Multiple-award vs. single-award
March 26, Federal News Network
What does ‘best-in-class’ really mean for federal contracts?
March 22, Federal News Network
Schedules modernization: Time to put the whole suite of telecommunications on schedule
March 15, Federal News Network
Section 809: Will accountability and transparency be the price of reform?
March 8, Federal News Network
Management imperatives for schedules consolidation
February 13, Washington Exec
New Buy American Executive Order Presents Opportunities, Risks for Contractors
February 11, Federal News Network
Two studies debunk ‘urban myths’ about GSA Advantage
February 8, Federal News Network
e-GSA: Creating opportunities through e-commerce
January 28, Office Products International
Analysis: GSA commits to e-marketplace model
January 27, Washington Exec
DOD Procurement Overhaul Report Recommendations Draw Both Praise, Critique from Industry Groups
January 25, Federal News Network
Addressing cyber risks of e-commerce
January 18, Federal News Network
Readily available multiple award schedule program
January 15, Washington Exec
DOD Rule Defines When LPTA May be Used
January 11, Federal News Network
e-Commerce: To be or not to be
2018
December 26, Nextgov
The Devil’s in the Details as GSA Seeks to Consolidate the Multiple Award Schedules
December 24, Federal News Network
Partial shutdown could cost the government $52M a day
December 21, Bloomberg Government
GSA Forges Ahead With Commercial E-Commerce Plan
December 13, Federal News Network
Starting small, GSA will limit online shopping portals to $10,000 per purchase
December 12, FCW
GSA plans pilot on e-commerce platform by end of 2019
December 12, Federal Times
Industry applauds acquisition consolidation, warns of work to be done
July 27, Federal News Network
How will the FY 2019 NDAA affect government procurement?
June 26, FCW
June 26, FedScoop
Contractors Worry E-Commerce Portals Could Create ‘Parallel Compliance’ Models
June 22, Washington Technology
GSA tries to calm industry over procurement portal
June 21, FCW
GSA Closes in on E-Commerce Portal Plan
May 16, FCW
GSA Takes the Long View on Shared Services
May 16, FedScoop
Murphy Plans to Reconstruct GSA Schedules as Part of Governmentwide Reform
May 8, Bloomberg Government
Contractors Set to Protest Major JEDI Cloud Solicitation
April 23, Data Center Dynamics
Pentagon’s JEDI Cloud Contract Will Last Two Years, Then Be Re-Examined
March 29, Federal Times
Procurement Reform Is In The Eye Of The Stakeholder
March 22, Bloomberg Politics
Pentagon Cloud Bid in Congress’s Crosshairs Amid Amazon Concerns
March 9, Federal News Radio
JEDI cloud acquisition strategy: Continuing confusion, unmitigated uncertainty
March 10, FCW
DOD’s latest cloud moves leave plenty of questions
February 22, 2018 HS Today
FBI Explores $30 Billion Move Into Stormy Cloud Market
January 16, 2018 Federal News Radio
What are the goals of OMB, GSA’s e-commerce portal? That is step 1 of phase 1
January 9, 2018 FCW
GSA Kicks Off E-Commerce Portal Effort
2017
November 13, 2017 Federal News Radio
How ‘Amazon,’ 5 other acquisition provisions changed in final defense bill
November 2, 2017 The Intercept
The “Amazon Amendment” Would Effectively Hand Government Purchasing Power Over to Amazon
September 18, 2017 Federal News Radio
GSA fills key management positions in the Federal Acquisition Service
July 24, 2017 Federal News Radio
OASIS program personnel shakeup continues GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service upheaval
July 18, 2017 Effecient Gov
NDAA Bill: SLED Procurement on GSA Schedules Could Change
July 14, 2017 Bloomberg Government
HASC’s NDAA would require Amazon-like online marketplaces
July 14, 2017 Federal News Radio
DoD acquisition proposals reduce burden, heighten transparency concerns
June 28, 2017 Federal News Radio
House begins work today on another round of DoD acquisition overhauls
May 8, 2017 Federal News Radio
114 New Commercial Buying Regs Since 2009 Highlights Why Federal Procurement Needs Fixing
2016
Industry Association Raises 60 Questions to GSA About New Data Rule
August 12, 2016, Federal News Radio
DISA will amend Encore III contract after successful industry protests
August 8, 2016, Federal News Radio
GSA finalizes major update to acquisition policy
June 23, 2016, Federal News Radio
GSA publishes final rule on transactional data reporting
June 22, 2016, FedScoop
Little-noticed interim rule overshadows two Supreme Court procurement decisions
June 20, 2016, Federal News Radio
Feds Seek to Cut Software Costs and Expand Licenses
June 16, 2016, E-Commerce Times
Contracting groups challenge DoD’s ‘flawed’ plans for $17.5B contract
May 2, 2016, Federal News Radio
Supreme Court case opens door to major change in vendor oversight law
April 25, 2016, Federal News Radio
DoD is better defining what lowest price means in contracts
April 8, 2016, Federal News Radio
New GSA tools vow to ‘make it easier’ to enter IT Schedule 70
April 6, 2016, Federal News Radio
2015
Government, industry still can’t figure out how to talk
December 14, 2015, Federal News Radio
GSA sees wave of expiring service contracts as chance to cut duplication
October 23, 2015, Federal News Radio
Industry: Government’s ‘biggest buyer’ claim isn’t true
October 22, 2015, Federal News Radio
Industry groups widen fight to reform False Claims Act processes
October 21, 2015, Washington Technology
GSA mulling cybersecurity SIN for IT Schedule 70
October 14, 2015, Federal Times
GSA eases burden on agencies, vendors with schedule consolidation
October 12, 2015, Federal News Radio
Challenge.gov keeps eyes on the prize
October 5, 2015, FCW
September 8, 2015, Federal News Radio
August 6, 2015, Federal News Radio
July 15, 2015, FCW
May 28, 2015, Federal News Radio
May 14, 2015, Federal News Radio
GSA to push vendors for more data on schedule price variances
April 29, 2015, Federal News Radio
March 19, 2015, Federal News Radio
March 18, 2015, Federal News Radio
GSA proposed rule raises ‘significant concerns’ over competition
March 11, 2015, Federal News Radio
GSA pricing, tech bills, Data Act oversight and anti-robocall prizes
March 4, 2015, FCW
GSA proposes change to acquisition regulation vendors loathe
March 4, 2015, Federal News Radio
DHS, GSA kick off CDM task order 2 with $29M deal
March 3, 2015, Federal News Radio
How to unleash the full potential of GSA’s Federal Supply Schedules
February 26, 2015, Federal News Radio
February 19, 2015, Federal News Radio
GSA Advantage, DPAP, and the confusing FAR 8.4 deviation
February 13, 2015, Federal Times
GSA misses other direct costs problem in schedule redo
February 6, 2015, Federal News Radio
January 22, 2015, Federal News Radio
Small businesses gain ground in contracting. Here’s why.
January 16, 2015, Federal Times
Tangherlini leaving GSA next month
January 15, 2015, FCW
2014
GSA wants input on fixing Multiple Award Schedules
December 22, 2014, Federal Times
EAGLE II protest odyssey nears an end
December 19, 2014, Federal Times
GSA and OMB collecting more data for Prices Paid Portal
December 11, 2014, Federal News Radio
December 2, 2014, Federal News Radio
November 13, 2014, Federal News Radio
Roger Waldron on Missing Pieces of Procurement Reform
October 16, 2014, Federal News Radio
Roger Waldron on Cost-Saving Strategies for Data Reporting Requirements
September 30, 2014, Federal News Radio
EAGLE II Protest Odyssey Nears an End
September 10, 2014, Federal Times
Roger Waldron on GSA Contract Duplication
August 25, 2014, Federal Times
Roger Waldron: Price Reduction Clause Could Slow Cloud on Schedule 70
July 28, 2014, Federal Times
Compensation Cap Could Cost Contractors
July 3, 2014, Federal Times
Vendors Getting Mixed Messages on Cybersecurity
May 22, 2014, FCW
The Multiple-Award Double Standard, Part II
May 16, 2014, Federal Times
CGP Challenges GSA’s Telecom Services Strategy
May 5, 2014, FCW
The Multiple-Award Double Standard
April 8, 2014, Federal Times
Roger Waldron on FSSI Protests
March 18, 2014, Federal News Radio
The danger in GSA’s supplier relationship
February 24, 2014, Federal Times
The cruicial missing piece in GSA’s goals
January 24, 2014, Federal Times
Watch out for standardized labor categories
January 8, 2014, FCW
2013
GSA may offer more cost-reimbursable contracts
December 13, 2013, Federal Times
Bump in executive contractor compensation leaves everyone unhappy
December 5, 2013, FCW
Botched Healthcare.gov rollout energizes IT reform efforts
December 1, 2013, Federal Times
November 18, 2013, FCW
Uncertainty plagues contractors post-shutdown
October 17, 2013, Federal News Radio
Small business contractors to feel burden of government shutdown
October 3, 2013, Federal News Radio
IT pricing policies are dinosaurs, say contractors
September 18, 2013, FCW
August 1, 2013, FCW
A new framework for acquiring professional services
March 17, 2013, Federal Times
Agencies begin to outline furloughs, other sequester cost-cutting
March 4, 2013, Federal Times
Can interagency contracting regain a good rep?
February 19, 2013, FCW
Services pose acquisition challenge
January 28, 2013, FCW
2012
OMB renews mandatory-use fears
December 7, 2012, FCW
Industry Groups Demand Changes to Issa’s IT Reform Bill
December 3, 2012, Nextgov
Roger Waldron: Contract Program Open Seasons
October 28, 2012, Federal Times
Incentives: Cheering on the bargain shoppers
September 24, 2012, Federal Computer Week
Data-sharing is good … when agencies do it right
September 13, 2012, Federal Computer Week
Found in translation: How one person unites a leadership team
September 7, 2012, Federal Computer Week
Analysis: Some Long-Term Contracts put Government at a Disadvantage
September 5, 2012, Federal Computer Week
Tom Sisti: Budget Cuts Mean Less Contract Duplication
July 20, 2012 Executive Government
Navy Sharpens Acquisition Pencil to Find Savings
July 19, 2012 Federal News Radio
Smaller Budgets May Force Streamlining of Duplicative Contract Vehicles
July 18, 2012 Federal Times
GSA Hopes OASIS Dries Up Duplication
July 18, 2012 Federal Computer Week
Growth in Federal Contracts Called Unsustainable
July 18, 2012 Government Executive
Cutting Through the Red Tape in Government Procurement
July 10, 2012 Industry Market Trends
GSA’s OASIS Contract to streamline professional service offerings
June 26, 2012 Federal News Radio
GSA Prepares to Close Commodity Schedules
June 13, 2012 FierceGov
Comments by Roger Waldron
Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (1994)
June 13, 2012 Federal News Radio
Comments by Roger Waldron
Services Acquisition Reform Act (2003)
June 13, 2012 Federal News Radio
Comments by Roger Waldron
Creating BPAs that ensure contractor competition
June 7, 2012 GovPro
GSA helps feds walk the straight and narrow
June 7, 2012 Federal Computer Week
The Coalition holds quarterly MAS Basic Training workshop
June 4, 2012
The Coalition drafts BPA best practice list
June 4, 2012
GSA Expo turns into a smaller, toned down affair
May 17, 2012 Federal News Radio
Comments by Roger Waldron
VA’s Frye stirs debate with reverse auction explanation
May 16, 2012 Federal Computer Week
House drops DoD request to change definition of commercial products
May 14, 2012 Federal News Radio
DOD moves to change rules for buying commercial products
May 1, 2012 Federal Computer Week
DoD faces struggles on path toward ‘better buying power’
April 30, 2012 Federal News Radio
DOD puts its acquisition procedures under a microscope
April 27, 2012 Federal Computer Week
GSA readies draft RFP for $12B OASIS contract
April 26, 2012 Washington Technology
The Coalition for Government Procurement Hires Carolyn Alston
April 23, 2012
Senate hearing looks at contractor costs to government
April 4, 2012 GovPro
“Unfortunate” GSA Situation Not Expected to Harm Contractors
April 3, 2012 GovWin
Coalition Comments on the Leadership Transition at the General Services Administration
April 3, 2012
Controlling contract costs spurs more questions, few answers
March 30, 2012 Federal News Radio
Coalition Submits Written Testimony on Government Contractor Hearing
March 29, 2012
Lieberman, Collins have common sense, group says
February 16, 2012 Federal Computer Week
Senators Collins and Lieberman Awarded Common Sense in Government Procurement Award
February 16, 2012
Are you ready for life in the low-cost era?
February 1, 2012 Washington Technology
Industry group warns against mandates for small-biz opportunities
January 23, 2012 Federal Computer Week
What role will contractors play in new DoD strategy
January 9, 2012 Federal News Radio
Obama, Panetta outline strategy for more than $450B in defense cuts
January 5, 2012 Federal Computer Week
The Coalition for Government Procurement Launches New FAR and Beyond Blog
January 5, 2012
The Coalition for Government Procurement and Priorities for 21st Century Defense
January 5, 2012
2011
Johnson: GSA testbed of energy efficiency, savings
December 13, 2011 Federal News Radio
Analysis: Criteria for new OFPP administrator
November 3, 2011 Federal News Radio
Does EyakTek scandal mean trouble for Alaskan firms?
October 6, 2011 Federal Computer Week
Could the ANC bribery scandal happen to anyone?
October 6, 2011 Washington Technology
Excellence in Partnership Awards Winners Announced
October 6, 2011
Last-minute tips as the end of the federal fiscal year approaches
September 13, 2011 GovPro
Tight budgets prompt IT cutbacks
August 14, 2011 Federal Times
58 More Shopping Days
August 4, 2011 FedTechBisnow
Analyst: $120B in federal purchases from now to Oct. 1
August 3, 2011 Washington Business Journal
Fourth quarter spending spree expected to hit $120B
August 3, 2011 Washington Technology
Analyst: $120 billion in federal purchases between now and Oct. 1
August 2, 2011 Federal Times
Defense takes big cuts in debt deal
August 2, 2011 Federal Computer Week
Comments by Roger Waldron
Training session for vendors looking to land federal business
June 30, 2011 GovPro
Comments by Roger Waldron
