Nick Wakeman There are more questions than answers right now about the transition to the Trump administration. But that doesn’t mean contractors should wait to start preparing and planning. That was clearly the message of speakers at Deltek’s 2016 FedFocus event. “This is a huge market shift,” said Kevin Plexico, vice president [...]
Peter Adam On May 24, 1844, inventor Samuel Morse sent a telegraph message from the U.S. Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, at a railroad station in Baltimore. A moment later, Vail telegraphed Morse’s message back –“What hath God wrought?” Bidders for GTACS II may want to repeat Morse’s words. Making tactical [...]
Frank Konkel Note: The Government is widely realizing it is time to adopt latest technology corporate practices in updating its IT capability / systems / culture. This article presents an overview of the challenges ahead. Customers generally don’t like dealing with the government, with low customer service scores almost as much a fact of life [...]
Fairfax, Va. -- Management structures that inhibit effective decision-making, hiring practices that make it difficult to land top IT talent and an overall "antagonism to innovation" are all roadblocks preventing the government from keeping pace with private industry in technology, according to a new report from the Fairfax-based American Council for Technology [...]
Mark Lennihan Former U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra is not a fan of the contracting community’s increasing reliance on bid protests as a means to delay new contracts and capture taxpayer dollars as long as possible. “This protest thing really ticks me off; it is so pathetic,” Chopra said Oct. 6 on [...]
Silvia Morales has 16 years experience staffing and recruiting at OCI, and is OCI’s longest-serving team member. Her deep knowledge of OCI’s proposal consultant community makes her OCI’s ‘go-to’ person for staffing. Her gift for understanding the needs of the clients and candidates helps the company excel in providing service. She is [...]
Carteen Cordell (from Federal Times) A new report examining both presidential candidates' position on how their administration would handle technological innovation didn't find much of a horse race. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) study looked at statements from Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump to see how [...]
Gary Everett OCI’s proposal management training class stresses many techniques and “to do lists” that will help you create a winning proposal. The six top takeaways presented below will help companies achieve a high win rate on proposals submitted to Federal Government agencies. The Proposal Manager (PM) must first create an effective [...]
Mohana Ravindranath Artificial intelligence is making its way into the federal government’s operations—but not like Skynet from the Terminator movies. Since May, the White House has been exploring the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning for the public: that is, how the federal government should be investing in the technology to [...]
Frank Konkel The Defense Department’s IT arm is again accepting bids for its controversial ENCORE III contract that could buy as much as $17.5 billion worth of IT services to support the Pentagon’s modernization effort. Contractors now have until Sept. 30 to revise and submit proposals for ENCORE III, which has been [...]
