FAR and Beyond Blog It is an exciting time for the Coalition for Common Sense in Government Procurement! As you know, on the evening of November 5th the Coalition will begin its 2014 Fall Training Conference with Excellence in Partnership (EIP) honors & a 35th Anniversary Gala at the Ronald Reagan Building. The conference will
Happy Federal Fiscal New Year! The Coalition wishes everyone in the procurement community a Successful Fiscal Year (FY) 2015! Success for all is ultimately measured as to whether the procurement system delivers best value mission support for customer agencies and the American people. We are all stakeholders in that effort! Of course, the next month
FAR and Beyond Blog Happy Federal Fiscal New Year! The Coalition wishes everyone in the procurement community a Successful Fiscal Year (FY) 2015! Success for all is ultimately measured as to whether the procurement system delivers best value mission support for customer agencies and the American people. We are all stakeholders in that effort! Of
The current procurement passion for collecting data, in particular prices paid data, raises many policy questions. Coalition members have, on a number of occasions, indicated that data is not a free good! Shifting the burden of data management and reporting to federal contractors increases costs for industry, and therefore, government; costs that are ultimately borne
FAR and Beyond Blog The current procurement passion for collecting data, in particular prices paid data, raises many policy questions. Coalition members have, on a number of occasions, indicated that data is not a free good! Shifting the burden of data management and reporting to federal contractors increases costs for industry, and therefore, government; costs
FAR and Beyond Blog In last week’s article I detailed our upcoming 35th Anniversary Black Tie Gala and Excellence in Partnership Awards (nominations close October 3rd!). This week I want to go into a bit more detail about the tentative agenda for our 2014 Fall Training Conference, 35 Years of Commonsense in Government Procurement: Looking Back and Moving
FAR and Beyond Blog In last week’s article I detailed our upcoming 35th Anniversary Black Tie Gala and Excellence in Partnership Awards (nominations close October 3rd!). This week I want to go into a bit more detail about the tentative agenda for our 2014 Fall Training Conference, 35 Years of Commonsense in Government Procurement: Looking Back
Registration is officially open for our exciting two day event on November 5-6, which includes our 2014 Fall Training Conference at the JW Marriott., Excellence in Partnership Awards and 35th Anniversary Black Tie Gala at The Reagan Building. As many of you are aware, in honor of our 35th Anniversary, we have created the Coalition
FAR and Beyond Blog Registration is officially open for our exciting two day event on November 5-6, which includes our 2014 Fall Training Conference at the JW Marriott., Excellence in Partnership Awards and 35th Anniversary Black Tie Gala at The Reagan Building. As many of you are aware, in honor of our 35th Anniversary, we
For this week’s comment I wanted to share with you a blog post first published on the Federal Times’ Acquisition Blog (www.federaltimes.com). The post highlights GSA’s recent Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (FSSI) Office Supply 3 (OS3) and contract duplication. GSA increases contract duplication one solicitation at a time A little over two weeks ago GSA awarded the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (FSSI)