by Gal Borenstein E-PAYMENTS & SOCIAL MEDIA CREATE NEW CLASS OF GLOBAL- VILLAGE ENTREPRENEURS With PayPal, ApplePay and mobile marketing, combined with the democratization of content, new products will overcome local retail challenges and go global overnight. SOCIAL MEDIA BRAND MELTDOWNS … [Read more...]
The IBM Center for The Business of Government: The Year in Review, 2014
By Dan Chenok In 2014, as has been the case for each of our past 16 years, the IBM Center engaged in many significant discussions with government leaders through our weekly radio show; benefited from groundbreaking research by a wide variety of leading academics and other stakeholders in the … [Read more...]
Webinar: What Will The New Year Bring For Government Contractors?
By Peter J. Eyre: Tight budgets, increased oversight, new executive orders, complex regulatory environment, and intense competition remain atop the list of issues facing government contractors. Should you expect anything different in 2015? Please join us on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at 1:00 pm … [Read more...]
OFCCP Issues New Rule Prohibiting Discrimination On Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, More Guidance to Come
On December 9, 2014, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) within the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule implementing the President’s July 2014 Executive Order 13672, which prohibits federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or... … [Read more...]
Making Data Real – Lessons From and For Federal Leaders
Earlier this fall, we co-hosted an event with the Partnership for Public Service that featured three federal executives leading innovative analytic efforts in their agencies. Over the last few weeks, we extended the conversation by blogging on seven government executives who successfully implemented … [Read more...]
Contractor CEO Pleads Guilty to 20-Year Fraud of USAID
Millions of dollars of overbilling found in Iraq, Afghanistan reconstruction. … [Read more...]
Pentagon Gets a Better Grip on Spending for Services Contracts
GAO recommends further improvements to help balance civilian and outside workforces. … [Read more...]
Weekly Roundup: December 8-12, 2014
Articles from across the Web that we found interesting, the week of December 8-12,, 2014. Dan Chenok Big Data continues to make its presence known. Perspectives on the current impact of the cyber threat landscape. Contract Management Association leader discusses how procurement … [Read more...]
Celebrating and Elevating Senior Leaders as Key to a Successful Federal Workforce
This week, John Kamensky and I were privileged to attend the meeting of Senior Executives at the Washington Hilton, at which President Obama spoke as well as several agency heads. The event helped to frame why executive leadership remains a critical core of Federal workforce productivity and … [Read more...]
GSA Wants Agencies to Get Smarter About Charge Cards
The Federal Acquisition Service is looking for help from the financial services industry. … [Read more...]
Psychologists' $81M Torture Contract Exposes CIA's 'Remarkably Broad' Acquisition Authorities
Expensive award to potentially underqualified firm raises eyebrows. … [Read more...]
War Zone Food Contractor Pleads Guilty to Overcharging
Supreme Foodservice to pay $434 million in settlement with government. … [Read more...]