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 [...]
Tuesday, November 15, 2016 The Westin Tysons Corner 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM In articulating the black hat strategy, this panel will show how your competition will “engage” your company—the full range of competitive strategies they could employ against you. Here is your chance to learn more about conducting a Black Hat [...]
The GSA Category Management initiative seems to be slipping under the radar. And there is no time to lose, because the comment period ends after Nov. 7. This program will hurt most industry providers. Yet many people have not yet heard about it. GSA is now at the “draft” stage and plans [...]
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 [...]
Peter Adam ITS-BISS III -- the replacement for ITS-BISS II, EPA’s current Information Technology Solutions – Business Information Strategic Services contract -- will provide plenty of opportunities. Big opportunities -- the IT-BISS III awards of up to $550 M will likely far exceed the current program, with spend of about $100 M [...]
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 [...]
