FAR and Beyond Blog I can’t believe our Spring Training Conference is already less than a week away, coming up next week on Thursday, April 10th! As the Vice President of Membership and Marketing here at The Coalition, my number one priority is to form a relationship with each of our members and gain a
FAR and Beyond Blog GSA’s Office of Inspector General’s recent memorandum to the FAS Commissioner continues to confirm the impracticality of contract compliance under the current MAS pricing policies. The memorandum is the third in a series of memoranda (March 25, 2014, March 8, 2013 and September 26, 2011) regarding recurring issues identified in the
For this week’s comment I wanted to share with you my inaugural blog post that was first published on the Federal Times’ Acquisition Blog (www.federaltimes.com). The post highlights Thought #2 “GSA’s Strategic Plan: Plan versus implementation,” one of the issues contained in my “Food for Thought in 2014”: GSA’s Draft Strategic Plan for FY 2014 – 2018:
FAR and Beyond Blog For this week’s comment I wanted to share with you my inaugural blog post that was first published on the Federal Times’ Acquisition Blog (www.federaltimes.com). The post highlights Thought #2 “GSA’s Strategic Plan: Plan versus implementation,” one of the issues contained in my “Food for Thought in 2014”: GSA’s Draft Strategic Plan
Yesterday Dr. Daniel M. Gerstein, Under Secretary for Science & Technology (Acting), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) , provided the Coalition with a thoughtful, engaging and very informative presentation on Science & Technology’s (S&T) cross-cutting mission. S&T supports a broad customer base, including the DHS components, federal departments and agencies, and first responder
FAR and Beyond Blog Yesterday Dr. Daniel M. Gerstein, Under Secretary for Science & Technology (Acting), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) , provided the Coalition with a thoughtful, engaging and very informative presentation on Science & Technology’s (S&T) cross-cutting mission. S&T supports a broad customer base, including the DHS components, federal departments and agencies,
FAR and Beyond Blog 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 Strategic Sourcing Initiative (FSSI). That term is “supplier suppression.” What does “supplier suppression”
As March enters in like a polar bear, it is time to provide an update on the Coalition’s event schedule for March and April. Myth-Busters Forum with Daniel Gerstein, Acting Under Secretary for Science & Technology (S&T) at the Department of Homeland Security, March 13 On the morning of March 13th the Coalition will be hosting
FAR and Beyond Blog As March enters in like a polar bear, it is time to provide an update on the Coalition’s event schedule for March and April. Myth-Busters Forum with Daniel Gerstein, Acting Under Secretary for Science & Technology (S&T) at the Department of Homeland Security, March 13 On the morning of March 13th
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 Congress, is your bellwether. As an experienced business developer, you follow that portion of the budget authority