Enterprising Firms Turn Contract Work into Commercial Gold
A number of government contractors have managed to take technologies that they developed under contract and nurture them into commercial products. The Silicon Valley-based firm, SRI, serves as a model for success and provides key insights for government contractors looking to branch out to commercial markets.
FAR Council Releases Final Plan to Comply With Executive Order 13563
This is an overview of the FAR Council's final plan to analyze the FAR in order to comply with the President's Executive Order 13563.
If I Had a Crystal Ball...I Might See Contractors Going Mobile
If I had a crystal ball, (perhaps a rose colored one) it might tell me that the government contracting community will take a cue from Google and invest in mobile tech.
As Contracting Community Moves to the Cloud Some Challenges Emerge
In this age of “do more with less,” it’s not a huge surprise that everyone in government is so gung-ho on cloud computing. The cloud features prominently in President Obama’s budget for Fiscal Year 2011 as an essential aspect of the nation’s information technology strategy, read more to learn why.
GAO Report Finds Poor Acquisition Planning by Agencies
On August 9th, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report that found poor acquisition planning by civilian agencies (HHS, DHS, NASA and USAID) directly resulted in inefficiency, waste, and time delays for services acquisition.