The surprise announcement by Speaker of the House John Boehner that he will resign at the end of October may make a deal on passing a Continuing Resolution before Wednesday night more likely.  Boehner may now be freer to work with moderate House Republicans and Democrats to get enough votes to keep the government operating, most likely until early Read more

The Department of Homeland Security awarded a $937 million task order against GSA’s OASIS contract this week, perhaps the largest single order made against an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) vehicle.  The award, for DHS’ Global Threat Mitigation Program, was made to Booz Allen Hamilton.  It is just the latest in a series of examples of why Read more

Commercial IT providers would have to put in place systems that track BOTH end items and major IT components from the OEM to the government agency under a proposed rule issued by DOD last week.  Yet the rule, at best, will only address half of the counterfeit product issue.  Left untouched is the drive toward LPTA or other deep discount buying that creates situations Read more

All that is really known about the start of the 2016 Fiscal Year is that it will start with a Continuing Resolution.  How long it lasts, or even whether the year will start on time, remains unknown despite the fact that less than 2 weeks remain to get these, and other, answers.  Read more

Nearly two full years after the healthcare.gov meltdown the HHS IG came out with their report last week.  The report stated, “Contracting officers and contracting officer’s representatives did not always manage and oversee contractor performance as required by Federal requirements and contract terms. CMS did not always comply with Federal regulations regarding designation Read more