As they say in sports, another Expo is in the books! While this year’s GSA Expo agenda was scaled back, the 2012 Expo remained an important “Myth-Busters” event. The Expo included over 10,000 hours of training for government and industry acquisition professionals. It also served as a government-industry forum for dialogue and information sharing regardingRead… Read more »
On February 2, 2011, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) issued the first “Myth-Buster” memorandum entitled Addressing Misconceptions to Improve Communication with Industry during the Acquisition Process. On May 7, 2012, OFPP issued the second “Myth-Busters” entitled “Myth-Busting 2”: Addressing Misconceptions and Further Improving Communications During the Acquisition Process. The second memorandum is aRead… Read more »
Government needs to start engaging with talent better. The company Work4 Labs, Inc., has introduced a way for Federal agencies to push their jobs listed on USAJobs directly to their Agency’s Facebook page. Now, candidates can not only view jobs on Facebook, but also have the ability at the job level to see who elseRead… Read more »
The American Federation of Government Employees’ National Secretary-Treasurer J. David Cox received the prestigious 2012 Yitzhak Rabin Public Service Award at a dinner in his honor on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. The award was presented by the American Friends of the Yitzhak Rabin Center (AFYRC) and honors those whose work reflects the legacy of theRead… Read more »
Like any field of work – or movement, depending on how you view this agenda – digital open government has its good days and its bad days. A bad day is when a state makes it easier to fight requests to release information. A good day is when government adopts policies and practices that willRead… Read more »
In the wake of last month’s successful Spring Conference, the Coalition again expresses our thanks to our Keystone members, Booz Allen Hamilton, General Dynamics Information Technology, HON and AllSteel, L-3 STRATIS, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, and Northrop Grumman. Thank you to our luncheon sponsors, CBRE and Deloitte Consulting. And, of course, thank you toRead… Read more »
Let’s talk about the sensitive topic, proposal consultant prices. I don’t think I am revealing any trade secrets here. How much proposal consultants charge varies from individual to individual, and can range between $60 an hour on the low end to $250 an hour and up on the high end. I should say that itRead… Read more »
My blog posts on the GSA so-called scandal and my first You Tube posting received plenty of attention so I figured I would follow it up with more good cheer. I hope my message got across and reason is starting to prevail. What happened to the GSA scandal? It’s barely in the news anymore –Read… Read more »
Josh Axelrod (College Park, MD) — Thanks to The Social Network, the world knows that Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg isn’t an a**hole…he just tried so hard to be. But when you strip away the personalities, the parts that may or may not have actually happened and the whole Winklevii thing, you have the story ofRead… Read more »
Do you want to engage a worldclass workforce that delivers consistent successes to your organization both now and for the future? If your answer is “Not now” or “We’re not ready to move forward with this”, you’re probably one of the pivital pitfalls in your organization! Ah, but if your answer is “Yes”, first realizeRead… Read more »