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Pentagon releases Defense Industrial Base report

Gen. Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle (USAF, Ret.), president of the National Defense Industrial Association, details the latest Defense Department report on...

Government contractors enter protest season

Eric Crusius, partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the bid protests that come after the year-end spending spree, and why...

GAO report looks at SBA procurement scorecard

Bill Shear, Director of Financial Markets & Community Investment Issues at the Government Accountability Office, discusses issues with the Small...

Provisions in the FY19 NDAA impacting government contractors

Eric Crusius, partner at Holland & Knight, details important provisions in the NDAA that contractors should know about, and why...

Government agencies & contractors prepare for fiscal year end

On the contracting side of things, industry is also bracing for the Q4 spending rush. Government Matters assembled a panel...

SBA’s HUBZone connects companies to communities

Neil McDonnell, founder of the HUBZone Chamber of Commerce, discusses the $13 billion HUBZone contracting program, and the success his...

DoD’s long-awaited JEDI cloud proposal is released

Dave Mihelcic, former Defense Information Systems Agency CTO and federal chief technology & strategy officer at Juniper Networks, discusses the...

Spike in False Claims Act activity in the federal marketplace

Paul Debolt, co-chair of the Government Contracts Group at Venable LLP, discusses how the Trump administration’s efforts to eliminate waste...

GSA streamlines General Schedules to allow ancillary purchases

Mark Lee, assistant commissioner of the FAS Office of Policy & Compliance at GSA, discusses the agency’s schedule changes and...

Impact of FY19 NDAA negotiations on government contractors

Eric Crusius, partner at Holland & Knight, discusses some provisions in the 2019 NDAA that could affect how defense contractors...

How federal agencies should approach data literacy

Andrew Churchill, vice president of Federal at Qlik and Neal Smith, VP of the Digital Service Innovation Center at Salient...

Changes for government contracting in “Lucia v. SEC”

Eric Crusius, partner at Holland & Knight, details how a recent Supreme Court decision could have major implications for federal...

CACI president gives overview of federal marketplace

Ken Asbury, president & CEO of CACI, discusses the firm’s outlook on contracting for both civilian and military agencies and...

AWS’ Carlson offers her view of federal cloud marketplace

Teresa Carlson, Vice President of Worldwide Public Sector, Amazon Web Services, details her outlook on cloud services in the government,...

Engility CEO offers overview of federal marketplace

Lynn Dugle, President and CEO of Engility, discusses how the 2018 appropriations rush has affected the way her company does...

Alliant 2 unrestricted contract takes effect July 1

Larry Allen, President of Allen Federal Business Partners, discusses the implementation of the Alliant 2 GSA contract and the types...

GAO launches electronic filing system for bid protests

Eric Crusius, partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the new way to file bid protests with the Government Accountability Office,...

Impact of Q4 spending rush on small businesses

Carey Webster, director of Federal Information Services at Deltek, discusses the effect that the appropriations spending rush will have on...

Service to America medal finalist lays out plans for oil & gas industries

Barbara Kutchko, senior research scientist at the National Energy Technology Laboratory, details her development of guidelines for the use of...

Acquisition innovation & federal agencies

Melissa Jezior, CEO at Eagle Hill Consulting and Scott Caldwell, President of WB Dynamics, discuss acquisition innovation in the federal...

Amazon in spotlight as Pentagon’s cloud contract approaches

Angela Styles, partner at Bracewell LLP, discusses the competition for Defense Department cloud contracts, and how Amazon has been faring...

State of the government contracting market

Brad Antle, CEO of Salient CRGT, joins the program to discuss the relationship between industry and government, and how increased...

The future of U.S. strategy in the Arctic

Government Matters takes a closer look at U.S. Arctic policy, and how agencies and industry are working together on building...

Trump administration’s relationship with industry

David Berteau, president & CEO of the Professional Services Council, discusses the relationship between the White House and private industry,...