All Blog Posts Tagged 'Procurement' (15)

Welcome to the weekly news kick off post from the FedConnects blog. With the long holiday weekend behind us, it is time to re-enter the working world.  And what better way to get acclimated to your professional life than by arming yourself with all the actionable news you need to be the smartest and most efficient government or contractor professional possible.  Happy Tuesday!

2013 Contractor Outlook Event:  Featuring The National Survey of Federal Government…

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This item was also posted on the Business of Government Blog by Dan Chenok.

Last week, the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OMB/OFPP) issued the second memorandum designed to debunk misperceptions…

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Providing Government with Vital Intelligence to Make Effective Procurement Decisions

 

FREE access for government employees to:

• Over 1.3 million company profiles
• Over 480 organization charts of government agencies
• Nearly 2 million federal and state and local contacts
• Over 3.2 million labor rates from federal contracts
• Updates on thousands of active procurements
• Thousands of awarded RFPs
• And much…

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I will be brief in my plea for help on my current working project. I am making an argument in a paper that although consolidation of programs and streamlining processes might lead to fiscal efficiencies, these state and local policy efforts may also be promoting hidden fragilities and greater…

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These questions were crowd sourced at the Gov Up on February 10, 2011.  Here is what Young Government Leaders had to ask Dr. Nayak and Mr. Rothwell; and their candid remarks.

 

 

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Well we have heard what Dr. Nick Nayak, CPO, DHS had to say at the recent GovUp!  Now let's take a look at what Mr. Greg Rothwell, (former) CPO, DHS had to tell young govies!

 

You gave us your questions...and we asked the Gov Expert!

 

 

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Rosslyn Unveils First Real-Time Application RA.Pid Extract Studio; Enables Business and IT Users to Automatically Extract Any Data from SAP in One-Click

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In case you missed the recent Gov Up at Public House in National Harbour, Young Government Leaders and Gov Loop had Dr. Nick Nayak, Chief Procurement Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security answer some of your most pressing questions on camera.

 

 

A BIG THANK YOU to Rafferty Weiss Media for filming this video!



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You heard that right.  Always wanted to know what 34 years in a Federal Acquisition career would be like?  Come to the Gov Up February 10, 2011, 6-8 PM, at Public House in National Harbour and find out!  A twist on the "Ask the Gov Expert" series. 

 

Have questions? Come to the event.  Out of state?  Post them here.  We'll pick out a few to ask Mr. Rothwell. …

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Key Words: Acquisition, Procurement, Purchasing, Contracts, Contracting, Supply, Supply-chain, Supply Chain Management, Materials Management, Construction, A/E/C, Public Works, A & E Design, Tendering,Sourcing, Strategic Sourcing and all of the former in 2.0

It's not rocket science. If “a rose is a rose is a rose”, then…

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The Department of Veterans Affairs is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, December 9 at 10:00 AM EST to discuss the status of its Supplier Relationship Transformation Effort. VA began this innovative effort, working with the vendor community, to effectively and efficiently deliver the highest quality cost-effective products and services to Veterans, at the right time, in the right place.



This webinar is a follow-up to the Supplier Relationship Transformation Forum that was held in August… Continue

Hello everyone! I am new to this site and am finding it very useful on so many levels.



I have a new position with a new company starting up a federal government procurement division. My company currently has multiple municipal projects through out the Tampa Bay area and they are now expanding into the federal market. I personally have ten years worth of federal government procurement and construction that I attained with my former company.



There are several projects that I… Continue

Contracting issues will be on the front burner of the Obama administration, and the stakes are large. With the passage of the Stimulus Bill, having an effective federal contracting function will be critical to the success of the Bill. While many observers see the current federal contracting system as broken, the seminar participants identified a series of practical steps that can be taken now to begin to fix it. Read the summary: http://www.businessofgovernment.org/publications/contracting.asp