Government Matters

DHS pushes to pause contracting deadlines until government opens

Chris Cummiskey, former acting Homeland Security undersecretary and CEO of Cummiskey Strategic Solutions, outlines why DHS is holding contract deadlines...

DHS looks to streamline procurement process through innovation lab

Soraya Correa, chief procurement officer at the Department of Homeland Security, discusses the agency’s Procurement Innovation Lab, and how they...

How government & industry can partner for innovations

Precious Patch, junior proposal manager at CollabraLink Technologies, and Polly Hall, strategy lead at the Department of Homeland Security Procurement...

Tech-Savvy Procurement Workforce

Director of Procurement at the U.S. Digital Services, Traci Walker, details the process of developing a tech-savvy procurement workforce.

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...

4th quarter spending rush by the numbers

Daniel Snyder, deputy director of Government Contracts Research at Bloomberg Government, gives a data-based look at how the next five...

NITAAC readies for end of fiscal year

Bridget Gauer, Director of the NIH Information Technology Acquisition & Assessment Center, discusses what the end of the fiscal year...

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...

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency undergoing acquisition overhaul

Nick Nayak, former chief procurement officer at the Department of Homeland Security and president of Green Light Acquisition, talks about...

Agencies face time crunch for appropriations spending

An unintended side effect of the short-term budget bill passed in early February is that government agencies have a shorter...

GSA announces Alliant 2 awards

Nick Nayak, former chief procurement officer at the Department of Homeland Security (and president of Green Light Acquisition), discusses the...

MGT Act poised to change the way government buys IT

Katell Thielemann, director of research at Gartner, discusses how working capital funds outlined in the Modernizing Government Technology Act could...

NASA SEWP seeks standard definition for authorized resellers

Joanne Woytek, program manager for NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP), discusses her office’s new tool — the Established Authorized...

Top government procurement positions still vacant

Sam Skolnik, senior reporter for Bloomberg BNA, discusses growing concern among industry leaders over vacant procurement positions in the Trump...

Mapping an approach to cyber procurement

Chris Cummiskey, CEO of Cummiskey Strategic Solutions and former acting undersecretary at the Department of Homeland Security, discussed cyber procurement...

GAO report on the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund

According to the Government Accountability Office, a pot of money delivered by Congress to the Department of Defense — to...

Impact of Trump administration on industry

Nick Nayak, former chief procurement officer at Department of Homeland Security and president of Green Light Acquisition, discusses how the...

Government Matters (Full Show) – January 15, 2017

Soraya Correa, chief procurement officer at the Department of Homeland Security, discussed new procurement efforts at DHS, agile acquisition, the...

Procurement Principles at VA

The Government Accountability Office, the inspector general, Congress, and agency leadership made procurement reform a top priority after cost explosions...

‘Strategic pause’ for HHS Buyers Club

Mark Naggar, Buyers Club project manager at the Department of Health and Human Services, announced a “strategic pause” for the...

Evolving role of contract managers

Michael Fischetti, executive director of the National Contract Management Association, discusses the changing role of contract managers.

GAO: VA procurement policies are outdated

Michele Mackin, director of acquisition and sourcing management at the Government Accountability Office, discussed her study of the maze of...

Contractors deal with fiscal year deadline

Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, discusses how contractors are dealing with the end of the fiscal year...

Challenges for the acquisition workforce

Phil Kangas, a principal with Grant Thornton Public Sector, detailed some of the toughest challenges facing acquisition professional in government.

Agencies’ approach to the spike in bid protests

Robert Burton, a partner with Crowell & Moring’s government contracts group and former acting administrator of federal procurement policy, discussed...

Things to watch for in the Alliant 3 RFPs

Aisha Mian, managing consultant for the government contract services group at Aronson, offered insight on what contractors should watch for...

What makes a good (or bad) RFP?

VisibleThread CEO Fergal McGovern discussed the impact of poorly written documents on the federal procurement process.

The art of the (government contracting) deal

It’s a question government contractors ask all the time: How can we plan for our next big meeting and position...

Companies prepare for end of fiscal year

Nick Nayak, former chief procurement officer at the Department of Homeland Security, discussed the end-of-year rush for federal contractors and...