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Posted by on Sep 23, 2014

Nextgov Prime 2014 Recap: What Will Federal Project Management Look Like in 2020?

Panel: Advancing Procurement at the Pace of Technological ChangeHost:Steve Benjamin, Management ConceptsPanelists: Jaymie Durnan, DoD; David McClure, GSA; Joanne Woytek, NASA Along with several of my Management Concepts colleagues, I recently participated in Nextgov Prime 2014, a two-day event designed, implemented, and attended by Federal leaders and Nextgov’s Fed tech-focused staff. This year’s theme was […]

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Posted by on Apr 18, 2014

FAS Chief Aims to Chart the Future of Government Buying

GSA wants to be the buying agency for the federal government—both now and in the future. To further consolidate what, in recent blog post, Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) chief Thomas Sharpe referred to as a “fragmented acquisition landscape” GSA is working on a new approach and establishing a new platform for government procurement; one he […]

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Posted by on Jan 2, 2014

Healthcare.gov and the Impact on P/PM in 2014

I know I’ve mentioned this throughout this blog, but we all know that Healthcare.gov has been the hot Federal IT topic in 2013.  This legendary flawed rollout will have ramifications on federal acquisition reform for 2014 and years to come. Trey Hodgkins, senior vice president of public sector at the Information Technology Industry Council said […]

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Posted by on Dec 19, 2013

Don’t Forget Your Kids…or Necessary Training! OFPP Updates FAC-P/PM

You know what else will help avoid Healthcare.gov repeats in the future?  Better equipped Federal project and program managers. The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) has just released updated guidance (new since 2007) on the Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers (FAC-P/PM) requirements. As Jason Miller, at FederalNewsRadio.com reported, “Under new requirements […]

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