Alan Thomas

(Getty Images/iStockphoto/AzriSuratmin)Multiple-award contracts (MACs)

Is an earthquake ahead for a mainstay of federal procurement?

Earthquakes strike suddenly, but they are a long time in the making. We may be approaching such a moment in the federal procurement landscape, when changes…

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Recognizing where the buck stops on Login.gov is clear

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Getty Images/iStockphoto/monsitjTechnology modernization fund

A better working Capitol needs to come to terms with more working capital funds

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GSA leadership, IG continue to butt heads over schedule price reasonableness

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How the nation’s premier cybersecurity agency can handle its new procurement authority

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GSA shuffles senior leaders’ chairs in Federal Acquisition Service

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A look at JEDI procurement

Marcia Madsen and David Dowd, partners at Mayer Brown LLP, and Alan Thomas, chief operating officer at IntelliBridge, joined host Roger Waldron on this…

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JEDI

JEDI is dead, but danger is still ahead: How to get better cloud capabilities in less time, with less risk

While there are some encouraging signs in the new acquisition approach as the department rises to its feet, there are also some opportunities for improvement…

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(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2020, file photo the General Services Administration building is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Washington. An agency little known outside Washington, the General Services Administration, has held off on recognizing President-elect Joe Biden as the president-elect, denying him access to the money, offices and machinery routinely afforded to the incoming team. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

GSA claims success of TDR pilot, but industry experts not sold

Jeff Koses, GSA’s senior procurement executive, wrote in a blog post that the Transactional Data Reporting pilot proved it’s a worthy replacement for the dreaded Price Reduction Clause.

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