Author: Timothy P. Aiken, Esq.

Here is today’s Daily Dump:

- The Washington Business Journal reports that the General Services Administration has awarded around $2.5 billion worth of government contracts to 17 companies to put forth a system of cloud-based email services available to government agencies. [Washington Business Journal].

- This article shows how Congress and the Pentagon are stepping up their efforts in overseeing the administration of government contracts in the multi-billion dollar human tissue industry.  [The International Consortium for Investigative Journalists].

Here is today’s Daily Dump:

– This article suggests that in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold the health care mandate, contractors should look towards the states for potential procurement opportunities rather than the national level.  [Washington Post].

Here is today’s Daily Dump:

– Members of Congress have introduced a bill, known as the End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act of 2012, that looks to increase accountability for employee recruitment abroad and look to stop forced labor.  [ACLU.org].

– Joe Jordan, the new admistrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, discusses how IT procurement policies have become an important part of the Obama administration’s new digital strategy.  [Federal Computer Week].

Here is today’s Daily Dump:

– GovPro.com’s Mike Keating weighs in on the “red tape” of paperwork and procedures surrounding the government contract procurement process.  [ThomasNet News].

– The Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied Northrop Gumman’s protest that an action by the U.S. Air Force to consolidate aircraft logistics contracts gave a competitor an unfair advantage in procuring the contract.  [Washington Business Journal].