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How to Make Your Website Friendly for Reporters
What’s the worst thing that can happen if reporters don’t like your website? The short answer is, they won’t use it. And that’s a real stumbling block for government contractors eager for earned media coverage to keep their brands, their executives and their thought...
What You Need to Know from the Market Outlook: 2020 Power Breakfast
Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the Washington Technology Power Breakfast Market Outlook: 2020 event. Each month, WashTech brings together four or five CEOs to share their ideas and opinions about the industry, including trends and challenges. This month’s...
GSA Completes First Phase of Schedule Consolidation
When the General Services Administration (GSA) developed its Federal Market Plan to “reimagine and redesign the federal marketplace,” program leaders understood the need to dramatically improve the acquisition process. They honed in on four initiatives: Multiple Award...
Here’s What People Are Talking About at AUSA 2019
To find out what’s on the mind of the U.S. Army, more than 30,000 people – soldiers, civilians, defense contractors and defense industry media – attend the largest annual Army conference, AUSA. And with three jam-packed days filled with educational sessions,...
Urgent Warning from Section 809 Panel: OTA Abuse
“The abuse of OTAs is going to lead to an event where Congress is going to do what it normally does and take them away from us,” warns David Drabkin, Section 809 Panel Chairman at an Oct. 3 conference on government contracting. Other Transaction Authority, or OTA,...
First AI Director Appointed at VA
The Dept. of Veterans Affairs appointed its first-ever artificial intelligence director, Dr. Gil Alterovitz, to lead its work in improving veteran care with AI-powered solutions. Alterovitz is a Harvard Medical School professor, as well as a member of the...
Trump/JEDI Cloud Contract Review
At long last: The Department of Defense has prevailed after their eight-month-long battle over the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract.
December is the Month for GovCon Pay for Play
Marketing directors and BD leaders, are you suddenly inundated by calls from media offering to do interviews with your executives? Does it seem too good to be true? You know that old saying… if it looks too good to be true, it usually is. Before you start scheduling...