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Information Today
October 2, 2006
Laura Gordon-Murnane |
Googling Your Tax Dollars? A new law represents a merger of the principles of open, accountable, and transparent government and e-government technologies to create an easy and accessible means for the American public to learn how the government spends its tax dollars.   |
National Defense
January 2011
Stafford & Stapleton |
New Executive Pay Rules Go Into Effect The comment period recently ended for an interim rule, "Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards," which implements the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act. |
AFP eWire
September 25, 2006 |
Congress Approves Database of Federal Grants, Contracts Congress has passed legislation (S. 2590) that would create a searchable database of all federal government spending, including grants to charities. |
National Defense
October 2010
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Pressure on Defense Companies Grows, Will Continue to Mount Much has been said about the approaching and converging financial storm fronts on the defense industry and the projected budget adjustments. |
National Defense
November 2014
Tompkins et al. |
Executive Orders Require Vendors' Attention While the use of executive orders and the federal procurement process to implement non-procurement policy are not new phenomena, contractors should consider these issues with renewed focus. |
AFP eWire
July 3, 2006 |
House Passes Bill to Create Federal Grant Database The bill, H.R. 5060, would require the government to disclose information on a website about all grants, as well as other types of payments, within 30 days of the money being awarded. |
National Defense
February 2008
Joseph J. Summerill |
Congress to Enact New Accountability in Contracting Congressional interest in oversight of government contracting began early last year with separate bills during the first three months of the 110th Congress in both the House and Senate that provided for contractor oversight and limited the number of sole source contracts. |
AFP eWire
September 5, 2006 |
Canadian Government Seeks Comments on Grant Programs The Canadian federal government is asking nonprofit organizations and other interested parties to submit their comments and opinions about how to make the current system of grant and contribution programs less burdensome and more efficient. |
AFP eWire
February 26, 2007 |
Panel Recommends Fundamental Reform in Canadian Grant System An independent blue-ribbon panel commissioned by the Treasury Board has recommended substantial changes in how the Canadian government administers its federal grant and contributions program. |
National Defense
March 2007
Ebner & Menker |
Message to Industry: `Do the Right Thing' Recent headlines have raised concerns about how federal procurements were handled on a variety of levels. Introduced last fall, a bill entitled the Clean Contracting Act may pass in the 110th Congress. These proposed changes are a harbinger of things that may come. |
National Defense
May 2009
Moorhouse & Connolly |
Further Government Contracting Reform on the Obama Agenda The administration has committed to take specific steps to reduce wasteful spending, overcharges, and fraud. |
National Defense
July 2005
Dorn McGrath |
When Are Defense Contracts In Effect `Non-Defense'? For several years, Congress has been concerned that the Defense Department's use of "assisting" procurement agencies and other contracting vehicles has concealed poor acquisition planning or attempts to circumvent limits placed on funding. |
National Defense
May 2006
Peter M. Steffes |
Congress Should Consider Further Acquisition Reform National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) believes that additional legislation is needed to achieve the full degree of cost savings and comprehensive acquisition reform envisioned |
National Defense
May 2010
Dorn C. McGrath |
Contractors Must Begin to Update Integrity Database The National Defense Authorization Act of 2009 now requires the government to develop and maintain an information system containing specific information on the integrity and performance of federal contractors and grantees. |
National Defense
April 2006 |
Greater Procurement Role Sought for Small Businesses The National Defense Industrial Association is placing major emphasis upon expanding small business participation in procurements by the Defense Department and other federal agencies. |
National Defense
January 2009
Matthew Rusling |
Small Firms Seeking Federal Contracts Face Uphill Climb Pentagon officials are fond of saying that small businesses are critical engines of innovation. According to recent government statistics, however, the Defense Department awards fewer contracts to small firms than it is obligated under federal guidelines. |
Searcher
Jul/Aug 2009
Nancy K. Herther |
Grantsmanship: Information Resources to Help Researchers Get Funding There are actually many different types of support available to researchers |
National Defense
December 2011
Moorhouse & Jack |
Frivolous Bid Protests Come With Risks The government and contractors both invest heavily in the lead up to contract formation, and both are expected to behave ethically towards one another with complete integrity. |
Managed Care
December 2007 |
Strong Support for Transparency, But Small Effect Expected on Costs Three quarters of health care leaders believe increased transparency -- the public reporting of quality and pricing by name of hospital, physician practice, or health care provider -- is essential to improve the performance of the United States' health care system, according to a survey. |
Inc.
April 2009 |
How to: Become a Government Contractor The federal government is about to start spending hundreds of billions of dollars to stimulate the economy - some directly, some passed through to the states. And some of that money will go to small companies. |
National Defense
March 2015
James A. "Ty" Hughes |
Rules Issued to Combat Human Trafficking On Jan. 29, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council issued its final rule amending the federal acquisition regulations to strengthen protections against trafficking in persons in federal contracts. |
Entrepreneur
February 2006
Joshua Kurlantzick |
For the People Landing government contracts is tough for small firms -- but it can be done. Learn from these entrepreneurs, and Uncle Sam could become your biggest client. |
National Defense
February 2007
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Industrial Base Issues on the Agenda for 2007 Six issues that affect everyone involved in the business of providing goods and services to the nation's military, homeland security agencies and first responders. |
IDB America
May/Jun 2000
Paul Constance |
Lousy Deal When governments buy goods and services, the price always seems to be inflated. Now some countries are finding better ways to prevent abuse |
National Defense
February 2015
Will Goodman |
The Acquisition System Can Be Improved One Step at a Time Although everyone seems to agree that acquisition reform is necessary and helpful, few are prepared to sacrifice their prerogatives to bring it about. |
National Defense
January 2016
Cassidy et al. |
Defense Increases Scrutiny of Supply Chain The Defense Department has offered some clarification on how it plans to deal with suppliers that pose potential security risks. |
National Defense
August 2010
McQuade & Jack |
New Rule Proposed For Organizational Conflicts of Interest The Defense Department issued a proposed rule to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to impose uniform guidance and tighten existing regulations on organizational conflicts of interest. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 2006 |
After Drop in 2005, Federal IT Contracts Will Rise 60 Percent Although annual contract awards decreased in 2005, overall federal IT spending increased 5% over2004. And the numbers will continue to rise -- analysts predict IT-related prime contract awards in 2006 will spike more than 60%. |
Real Estate Portfolio
May/Jun 2002
William D. Sanders |
Working Toward Improved Disclosure Every publicly traded real estate company shares the responsibility to provide clear, transparent financial information to investors... |
Information Today
May 31, 2012
Barbie E. Keiser |
Government in the Mobile Era A document released May 23, 2012, Digital Government: Building a 21 st Century Platform to Better Serve the American People, reveals the Obama administration strategy to enable citizens to find the services they need across government programs, "anytime, anywhere, and on any device." |
National Defense
May 2011
Nathaniel H. Sledge Jr. |
Viewpoint: Defense Acquisition in an Unaccountable World Current and former government officials testified in March before the subcommittee for financial management of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which is looking into cost overruns on weapons development programs. |
National Defense
May 2006
Sandra I. Erwin |
Plans for Global Information Grid Unrealistic A Pentagon effort to develop a global network that connects all military services and Defense Department agencies could fail as a result of current procurement and funding policies, says the Government Accountability Office. |
National Defense
April 2009
Hickey & Parker |
White House Kicks Off New Wave of Reforms Pledges and actions in the president's first few weeks in office, signal that increased ethics restrictions on government appointees, lobbyists and contractors have arrived. |
National Defense
April 2004
Tyrone Taylor & Ben Stone |
Small Business Division Reviews First Year The National Defense Industrial Association refocused its efforts to represent the interests of its small business members by creating the Small Business Division. Its mission is to focus specifically on issues affecting small business defense contractors. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 14, 2012
Martha Lagace |
New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting Harvard Business School professor Karthik Ramanna explains three ways to make corporate accountability reports potentially more useful to constituencies that include shareholders, communities, bondholders, and customers. |
InternetNews
May 25, 2005 |
Fed IT Security Spending to Jump 20% Agency spending on cybersecurity is projected to grow from $6.1 billion to $7.3 billion. |
National Defense
January 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
Industry Braces for Bigger Crackdown on Corruption Federal regulators recently introduced new anticorruption rules that lawyers inside the Beltway have characterized as unprecedented in their scope and power. |
Information Today
May 16, 2013
Peggy Garvin |
Obama Administration Advances Open Data Policy The White House made major information policy last week, issuing an Executive Order and an Office of Management and Budget Memorandum that established "open and machine readable" as the new default for federal government information. |
National Defense
March 2007
Lawrence P. Farrell |
Defense Budget Sets Stage for Tough Choices Ahead As Congress continues to dissect the details of the Bush administration's proposed defense budget for fiscal year 2008, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the nation's military faces a worrisome financial future. |
Entrepreneur
May 2007
Mark Henricks |
Empty Net? Will snagging a government contract ever get easier? |
National Defense
July 2006
Dorn C. McGrath |
What's Good for the Goose and the Gander Actual bad faith by government officials is relatively rare, but it happens, and making government officials accountable when it does occur is essential to the integrity of our procurement system. |
National Defense
February 2004
James McAleese |
Safe Harbors of Ethical Conduct Needed in Defense Procurement In light of a recent series of isolated, highly controversial public scandals with respect to several major defense acquisition programs, it is important to create "safe harbors" of conduct so that both government and contractor personnel can work as a cohesive team . |
National Defense
June 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
Defense Industry: What Does Change Really Mean? The defense industry is unsure how they will be affected by revamped procurement practices promised by the Pentagon. |
IDB America
May/Jun 2000 |
Make every citizen an auditor A veteran of public procurement argues that the public needs access to the government's books |
