Acquisition2.0

Awesome – checking it out

I invite you to read my article, Digital Pentagon, which was published in Defense AT&L Magazine. Hopefully it spurs some ideas for change in federal acquisitions. I welcome your comments and ideas.

Digital Pentagon
The time has come for the Pentagon to retire its Industrial Age management model and invent a radically new approach for the…[Read more]

What’s your #1 tip to fix procurement? Share your idea – https://www.govloop.com/forum/topics/how-would-you-fix-procurement

Great comment from John on fixing procurement – https://www.govloop.com/forum/topics/how-would-you-fix-procurement

What a week – I’ve never seen procurement reform talked about so much at the national level.

Lots of people are proposing procurement reform solutions. However, I think the best experts are those in government like this group doing it.
So I just posted a thread – how would you fix procurement? Leave a comment or idea
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The State of the Federal Market
It is as good a time as ever to evaluate the federal environment and draw some conclusions on the effects of the sequester. Many other factors come into play when considering the Federal Market from the perspective of a Government Contractor.

GLASScon II: The Second Iteration of the Government Lean-Agile Software Systems Conference

For Government folks interested in a low cost conference to learn more about Agile and Lean, please consider attending GLASScon, the Government Lean-Agile Software & Systems Conference, 4-5 June 2013 at the Navy League Building (at Courthouse Metro). The…[Read more]

Hey GovLoopers –

What would you like to ask GSA Administrator Dan Tangherlini?

Leave a comment right now on this GovLoop discussion thread and we’ll ask it on the Twitter Townhall with Dan (@DanGSA) tomorrow at 10:30

https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/gsa-and-govloop-hosting-twitter-townhall-this-friday-with-gsa-act

Can someone help out Kari from Sacramento? She’s looking for average time from a project manager requesting a contract to having full agreement in place
https://www.govloop.com/forum/topics/contract-services-process-measurement

Can someone help Lori out? She’s looking for sample solicitations for subscription-based licensing

https://www.govloop.com/forum/topics/subscription-based-licensing

After using all three in a professional setting for a few years, I think these are some general notes that can help new government contract specialists. 3 Negotiation Methods

If you want a free copy of the Federal Resume Guidebook, my contest is only going for 6 more hours. https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/giveaway-of-federal-resume-guidebook?xg_source=activity

What do you think about the 36 initiatives from DOD’s Better Buying Power 2.0? It’s now open for public comment: https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/better-buying-power-2-0

Shouldn’t prices paid data be easy enough for a caveman to access?
https://www.govloop.com/forum/topics/prices-paid-data-shouldn-t-it-be-easy-enough-for-a-caveman-to-1

Great question and interesting to find out the answers:
How did you first join the 1102 acquisition workforce?
https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/poll-how-did-you-first-join-the-1102-workforce

Interesting post on “Taking the Acquisition Program Deep Dive” – https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/take-the-acquisition-program-assessment-plunge-how-a-deep-dive

Geri’s got a good question related to procurement data – check it out – https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/procurement-data-in-the-cloud