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Facing Hurdles

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"By the Office of Personnel Management's calculations, 30 percent of the federal workforce will be eligible to retire during the next four years" states Charles Clark in his article for Government Executive Magazine. He goes on to talk about the fact that 59% of the Senior Executive … [Read more...]

The 6 Biggest Federal IT Trends Coming in 2013

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The 6 Biggest Federal IT Trends Coming in 2013  This article hit my inbox this morning, I thought it caused enough thought that this would be a good discussion for us. Let me get the discussion started. Common theme is data; bigger, cheaper, easier to receive. Which you would expect for a IT … [Read more...]

Minority Contracts Threatened by: Alex Brown

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Minority Contracts Threatened as U.S. Court Limits Preferences By: Alex Brown Today,my inbox had an article that I simply did not expect. Bloomberg wrote an article (By Nick Taborek, Kathleen Miller and Danielle Ivory) about a court case filed in 1995 involving DynaLantic Corporation, a company … [Read more...]

Beer and FOIA, what could possibly go wrong

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Beer and FOIA, what could possibly go wrong By: Alex Brown It has been a long hard year so far, so a little light reading for everyone. Most presidents are remembered for their actions while in office - a select few are mostly remembered for what they did after their presidency. President Obama … [Read more...]

Rachael Ray is a cannibal? By Alex Brown

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  Each day I struggle with grammar, punctuation, and tone. I am always worrying that my error will go unnoticed by everyone except the reviewer which is why I found this so funny. One simple comma or two if you are a disciple of the oxford comma rule; and the meaning would have … [Read more...]

Value Engineering Model updated by Alex Brown

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Late last week a Federal Register notice released June 8, showed that the Office of Federal Procurement Policy has proposed several revisions to its value engineering model, a World War II-era approach to saving money when resources are tight. This can be a good, or a bad thing. The idea of VE is to … [Read more...]

Knowing your customer by Ed Ardrey

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It is essential in any capture that you develop a rapport with the customer and that you have a good understanding of their mission and buying objectives. As part of this, you must have a good understanding of their “must haves, needs, hot button requirements”. These are the specific items that the … [Read more...]