As FCW reported, The VA launched Acquisition Academy Acquisition Internship School’s Warriors to Workforce Program -a 3 year internship for contract specialists. Smart idea. VA is in great need for more contract specialists and I think this is a great win to recruit from wounded warriors. Will be interested to see how it turns out.Read… Read more »
Happy Friday, everyone! If there is one thing I’ve experienced while driving through various cities, it’s been the potholes. A small bump in the road can instantly turn your tire flat and your commute sour. As cities go through climate changes, wear and tear of roadways starts to show in the form of potholes. However,Read… Read more »
Press Release Jan. 19, 2012, 9:00 a.m. EST Sprint M2M to Boost Utility Industry Operations; Make Systems Smarter Itron, Lanner, Power Insight and Silver Spring offer Sprint connectivity to utilities for automated monitoring and data collection http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sprint-m2m-to-boost-utility-industry-operations-make-systems-smarter-2012-01-19 OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Jan 19, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Electric and water utilities are changing the way theyRead… Read more »
One of the most common places for that contract specialists perform market research is the GSA eLibrary. It can search by the usual key words and GSA Schedules among other methods. Unfortunately, one of the most common methodologies of search in federal procurement — NAICS (North American Classification Code System) Codes — is missing. IRead… Read more »
Most companies, despite their best intentions (and even understanding of what a win theme is supposed to look like), fail to sell in their proposals. Win theme is one of the top five elements of proposal persuasion – and if they don’t work, it will be much harder to stand out. Time pressures force theRead… Read more »
Over the past 18-20 months, Deltek has taken innovative steps to transform its core business by acquiring three leading providers of information, teaming and software solutions designed to help companies compete more effectively for federal, state and local government business. By successfully merging INPUT, FedSources, and GovWin under one unified brand, the company is aRead… Read more »
The annual gadget juggernaut, the Consumer Electronics Show, wound down last week. Missing from the aisles of shiny new toys? Feature phones. In years past, handset makers such as LG, Motorola, Nokia, and Samsung would have unveiled dozens of “regular” cell phones. Not so. In fact, there were hardly any feature phones announced at CESRead… Read more »
Several weeks ago, as part of an ACT-IAC Acquisition Management Shared Interest Group (SIG) meeting, I volunteered to help figure out how our SIG could address a suggestion that was made by one of our government advisory team. The suggestion was to take a look at what value a procurement organization brings to their enterpriseRead… Read more »
If you have been on GovLoop recently (or even if you haven’t), you have probably noticed a few changes around the site. We appreciated your patience as we rolled out the seven new community pages last week, but the fun doesn’t end there! In addition to the launch of the newly focused GovLoop community pages,Read… Read more »
Deltek Sr. Analyst Kyle Ridley reports. As the unemployment rate for Iraq- and Afghanistan-era veterans continues to climb, more states and localities are establishing purchasing preferences for veteran-owned businesses (VOBs). Current-war veteran unemployment is more than four percentage points higher than the national average of 8.5 percent. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 13.1Read… Read more »