Retired brigadier general sentenced to 12-month prison term
A federal court in Texas sentenced retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Scott Bethel to 12 months in prison for wire fraud and filing a false tax return. Bethel…
Meet one little-known agency with an outsized influence on small business expansion
This week’s Deeper Look is with Arun Venkataraman, the assistant secretary of Commerce for global markets and director general of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, and his…
No-show job leads Army contracting officer to plead guilty to conspiracy, theft
An Army contracting officer is facing up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy and 10 counts of…
Air Force $5.7B EITaaS contract freed from protests
The Air Force’s enterprise IT as-a-service program cleared its final hurdle and is ready for takeoff. The service emerged victorious after the Government Accountability Office denied the protest…
A Deeper Look at the Army acquisition community
I sat with the principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army (ASA) for acquisitions, logistics and technology (ALT), my old friend Young Bang, this week. For those not…
When it’s better for a subcontractor to walk away from a federal deal
Bad things can happen when contractors fail to include their subs in negotiations with the government. The Air Force decided to redo its approach to a small construction…
Army moves forward with streamlining software acquisition
After five years of struggles to streamline and modernize the Defense Department’s software acquisition programs, the process may finally be catching some tailwind. The Army now has scheduled…
The rest of fiscal 2023 is shaping up to be an extra-rocky time for contractors
The usual uncertainty over budget negotiations, coupled with the debt-ceiling brinksmanship, mean contractors should be highly prepared. This as federal spending continues to set records. For one view…
Alleged transgression costs major government contractor $22M
Two more agencies have quietly received a financial boost to modernize technology systems. The Technology Modernization Fund Board awarded more than $24 million to two agencies under the…
An expert’s take on ChatGPT
Geoff Livingston, vice president, Evalueserve This week on Amtower Off Center, host MarkAmtower is joined by digital marketing pioneer and Evalueserve Vice President Geoff Livingston, for a lively…