The number of government contracts awarded to Alaska Native Corporations skyrocketed 1,386 percent between 2000 and 2008, according to a new federal audit, even though they account for only a small portion of companies participating in a Small Business Administration program designed for small, minority-owned businesses. The latest audit mirrors similar investigations by the SenateRead… Read more »
The NYC Gov 2.0 Tech Forum was held on July 9, 2009, from 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. at the Digital Sandbox Network Event Center at 55 Broad Street, New York City Event Overview: * Learn about the City’s evolving use of technology and how your company can provide innovative IT solutions to improve publicRead… Read more »
From Federal Computer Week As the discussion about acquisition reform continues in Congress and throughout the federal government, a new emphasis is emerging on workforce development as critical to successful acquisitions. Concern about the nearing wave of large-scale retirements has grown for the past several years, yet no good solution has emerged. Recent press coverageRead… Read more »
I’m back— I have been on vacation! hehe I understand while I was away, some of you federal folks had some problems with computer viruses, or such. Last week, a Trojan horse invaded my computer. When I ran my very sophisticated internet security software, it indicated that the problem *might* have originated from a fileRead… Read more »
The FAIR Institute launched a new oped series today called FAIR Point of View Series with a paper by David Litman titled “A call to restructure the acquisition workforce”… The paper advocates for the creation of a single acquisition job series that encompasses at least three functions, “program management, contracting and a new function calledRead… Read more »
Happy Wednesday! It appears that a good chunk of economic stimulus funding is going right into the nation’s roads, according to a GAO update set for release today about the massive government spending project. The Congressional auditing agency must deliver a bi-monthly stimulus progress report and is tracking the 16 largest states and the DistrictRead… Read more »
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 federalRead… Read more »
Original can be viewed here… So, allow me to expand on my prior blog entry (Architecture Frameworks Don’t Make Architects) and answer the question, what does make an architect? To help structure my query, I went in search of a concrete specification that defines the difference between and engineer and an architect and found thisRead… Read more »
Check Sharma, Raj (2009): The Move To “Insourcing” …Proceed with Caution, Washington, D.C., Federal Acquisition Innovation and Reform (FAIR) Institute, June, http://www.thefairinstitute.org/downloads/The%20Move%20to%20Insourcing_June%202009.pdf
Happy Fourth of July… our country is massively awesome!! Have a great holiday and weekend. Here’s sports teaser for you college football fans (like the Hokie Guru) that can’t wait for college football: College Gameday starts it all!! 🙂 You can’t see me… but I’m dancing by my computer!! 🙂 This, of course, is theRead… Read more »