Jim Williams

Government shutdown or not, it’s exhausting

Former federal executives say taking care of employees’ emotional highs and lows during the preparation for a government shutdown is just as important…

Federal Report

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FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2015 file photo, the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington. President Joe Biden has selected two former senior National Security Agency officials for key cyber roles in his administration. Chris Inglis, a former NSA deputy director, is being nominated as the government's first national cyber director. Jen Easterly, a former deputy for counterterrorism at the NSA, has been tapped to run the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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DHS’s Correa to retire after 40 years in government

People

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GSA, DHS making big push to address shortcomings in contractor assessments

Reporter's Notebook

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GSA finally pushing price competition to where it belongs: At the task order level

Reporter's Notebook

Former FAS commissioner discusses the current procurement landscape

Leaders and Legends

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Why contractor past performance data is becoming both more, less valuable

Reporter's Notebook

The post-shutdown chaotic wave is days from hitting many contractors

Reporter's Notebook

‘Agencies need a strategy’ to improve records management

Jim Williams: Why is records management stuck in the ’80s?

Federal Drive

FILE - This Monday, June 18, 2012, file photo shows Oracle headquarters in Redwood City, Calif. Oracle is buying cloud company NetSuite in a deal valued at about $9.3 billion.
Oracle CEO Mark Hurd said in a statement on Thursday, July 28, 2016, that the two company’s cloud applications are complementary.

Oracle to leave GSA schedule: A signal of broader change?

Reporter's Notebook

Jim Williams: The next generation of customer service

Federal Drive

Acquisition quiz: True or False?

If you keep hearing the same thing over and over, is it true? Take certain federal procurement axioms: virtually every procurement nowadays is protested,…

Management

Jim Williams, Partner, Schambach & Williams Consulting

On the second day of our three-day series, The Missing Pieces of Procurement Reform, we’re focusing on people and what improvements can be made to acquisition…

Federal Drive

Federal News Countdown: No shutdown drama, Program management

Jim Williams, left, partner at Schambach & Williams Consulting, and Ron Marks, president of Intelligence Enterprises, count down the week’s top federal stories with Francis Rose.