For those in acquisition, we have to do a thing called a responsibility determination. It means the federal government considers the contractor able to fulfill a contract. The first step in doing this is checking the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS). Any contractor that is debarred, suspended, or proposed for debarment is placed in thisRead… Read more »
For today’s Movie Quote Monday, I am dating myself and reaching way back into the time machine to “Karate Kid” – the first one. I have to admit that I never really liked this movie, but I’ve found its lessons keep popping up throughout my life. While some may think that the lessons are veryRead… Read more »
Welcome to another blog. I am a retired Senior Executive (GSA) and the author of a recently published book, Confessions of a Government Man: How to Succeed in Any Bureaucracy. This post is another book excerpt, abbreviated and cleaned up for family entertainment. It deals with attorneys. It is not my intention to bash theRead… Read more »
In Egypt where increasingly women face undesirable attention from men , HarrasMap is a an independent community watch project, planned to launch in the coming few weeks, it will enable women to report harassment instantly by sending a text message to a centralised system, the reported incidents are used to build a detailed, public mapRead… Read more »
Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite if You Work in the USAID Tower of The Reagan building!! Heard that in an office suite in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) tower of the Reagan Building, that they battled bedbugs this morning! Evidently USAID employees were told in an e-mail that they hadn’t received reports ofRead… Read more »
You may be unfamiliar with the term “factoring.” It is a commercial financing transaction where you can leverage finished work to gain badly needed working capital to grow the company and pay bills. Also known as Invoice Factoring, the benefit is in the simplicity of its mechanics. A company does work for their customer andRead… Read more »
Dear Mom and Dad, I am having a “Wonderful Time” at Camp CFC! The counselors are nice…and the food is “great”! This is the “best adventure” that I’ve had in a long time! We are all having an “awesome” time!!! I like everybody…and everybody likes me!!! All of us have been placed on “teams”…there isRead… Read more »
The food and beer at last night’s Tampa GovUp (a casual meetup for GovLoop members in the area) was really, really good 🙂 If that doesn’t convince you to check out a GovUp coming to your town, here’s what else rocked: Getting to meet and network with other GovLoop members face-to-face. Hearing two great speakersRead… Read more »
From The Acquisition Corner As reported by the Washington Post, there seems to be a culture of corruption and massive waste, fraud, and abuse according to several Inspector General reports investigating operations of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Upon reading this article and other IG reports, the waste, fraud, and abuse that seems to beRead… Read more »
An interesting article from a construction industry magazine is quoted below. It’s a tricky subject for govenment agencies. As a consultant who provides software solutions to manage these types of public bid issues, i’m interested in your experience and opinion with this issue. Thanks. ———————-article—————————- Alternative Bidding: Wise Budget Management or Manipulation? Alternative bidding isRead… Read more »