In a Dec. 19 speech, Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel contended that implementing across-the-board standards for the federal government’s procurement of cloud computing services could improve communications between the government and private sector.
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The Federal Acquisition Institute is set to receive defense authorization bill measures targeted toward the civilian acquisition workforce, according to a Federal News Radio report. The report said that the FAI Improvement
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Dan Gordon, administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, has a little more than one month left on the job before he takes up the position of associate dean for government contracts
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Often overlooked, members of the acquisition workforce play an important role in handling government contracting as they serve as the first set of eyes to analyze and digest government contracts before anything
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Office of Federal Procurement Policy Administrator Dan Gordon will step down from the post he’s held since September 2009 to take up a position at the George Washington University Law School, the
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More than half of the $367 billion the Defense Department spent on contracts in fiscal year 2010 was spent on services, but a Government Accountability Office report says the Pentagon continues to
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The Federal Aviation Administration’s acquisition workforce plans do not address gaps in hiring and developing an effective acquisition workforce, according to an internal audit. The Office of the Inspector General issued its
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The Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy will launch a new collaborative website to help agencies looking to bolster their acquisition workforces. The website and a host
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