“Post-9/11 Generation” of Public Companies Targeted for Acquisition

From KippsDeSanto Market Pulse: http://www.kippsdesanto.com/blog/ By Michael J. Misantone Director, KippsDeSanto & Co. Posted on May 26th, 2011 Posted under: Aerospace/Defense, Government Services, Mergers & Acquisitions Ares,IPO,Providence Equity Partners,SRA Several public companies in the aerospace, defense, and government services universe have been the targets of acquisitions recently. In April 2011, for example, Providence Equity PartnersRead… Read more »

GovLaunch: Government Gets Its First Fleet of Electric Cars

On Tuesday, the General Services Administration purchased the federal government’s first fleet of electric cars. The purchase coincides with the release of a new White House memo requiring all new federal vehicles to utilize alternative energy. The 116 new cars are a mix of Chevrolet Volts, Nissan Leafs and Think Cities and will be usedRead… Read more »

Is there a better way of doing milestone reviews?

Here are some of the issues with traditional milestone reviews (especially in Acquisitions) as I have experienced them in the past: They are very hard to schedule for in-person meetings Engineers and other involved parties rarely review the documents ahead of time Decision makers never review the documents, always relying on the engineers or involvedRead… Read more »

Seattle invests in municipal broadband infrastructure

Seattle is pushing broadband providers to bring service to its Pioneer Square neighborhood. The city is a new construction project as an opportunity to lay conduit pipes for broadband providers to lease and bring service to the area. The pipes are for fiber-optic service or broadband which is nearly 100 times faster than DSL whichRead… Read more »

More Funding Released for Insurance Exchanges

INPUT Analyst Kate Tussey reports. In the world of health care, it seems federal funding is ever flowing. Yesterday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a round of health insurance exchange establishment grants to Indiana, Rhode Island, and Washington state, totaling an estimated $35 million. Washington state is receiving $23 million, whichRead… Read more »

Green Government Podcast Episode 19: Interview with Kevin Kampschroer Director, Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings, U.S. General Services Administration

In Episode 19 of the Green Government Podcast we talk with Kevin Kampschroer, Director of the Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings at the U.S. General Services Administration. Kevin has created the framework for which GSA responds to the challenges of greenhouse gas emissions reductions and of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s mandate toRead… Read more »

Project of the Week: NCMA’s Contract Management Leadership Development Program

A couple weeks ago, I saw a comment by Jaime Gracia over in our Young Acquisition Professionals (YAP) group regarding the Contract Management Leadership Development Program (CMLDP) for up and coming contracting stars. So I asked Jaime if he could share a bit more about it so that more potential applicants could throw their hatsRead… Read more »

New Guidance Document on Conducting Accessibility Market Research

GSA’s Section 508 program recently created a guidance document, Guidance on Conducting Market Research. Buyers in federal agencies are required by law and regulation to conduct market research. Market research is a means of ensuring that what we want to purchase is in fact actually available. For ensuring accessibility and compliance with Section 508 whenRead… Read more »

Blago, draft EO, AFL-CIO, and Obama fundraising in today’s political law links

RAHM-TIME IN BLAGO TRIAL? Story here. “Earlier this month, former Blagojevich aide-turned-government-informant John Wyma testified that Emanuel called him after being chosen to serve as White House chief-of-staff to relay Obama’s support for presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett as Obama’s Senate replacement.” D’S MOVE TO SUPPORT DRAFT EO. Roll Call. “Congressional Democrats are gathering signatures thisRead… Read more »

On track to nowhere

There has been a lot of work in recent years on ways of improving the process of public consultation. It’s not something about which I have any great expertise or direct involvement, but I am conscious of great efforts to produce consultation material in forms which are not just useful and accessible themselves, but whichRead… Read more »

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