The Trump administration is reviewing and rewriting its approach to utilizing Category Management. As the Office of Federal Procurement Policy develops a comprehensive strategy, there are growing concerns about the impact on small businesses.Join BGOV, NACA and National 8(a) Association for a webinar to review how small businesses should address the challenges presented by category management.Topics include:– What is category managemen...

Federal agencies are expected to spend over $14 billion on IT modernization in fiscal 2019 in an effort to improve productivity, reliability, and security. Across all aspects of modernization, automating manual processes is proven to increase reliability by reducing manual errors, decreasing time to deliver IT assets, and enhancing self-service capabilities for the enterprise. Join Bloomberg Government and Red Hat for a live webcast to explore...

The fourth quarter of the federal fiscal year is key for contractors as Government spending soars. Ahead of the September 30 deadline, federal agencies are gearing up for the annual challenge of efficiently and effectively getting their remaining budget dollars on to contracts. How can contractors position themselves to maximize business capture and lay the groundwork for fiscal 2019?Join BGOV as we review fourth-quarter spending trends and...

President Trump’s fiscal 2019 request asks for a federal IT budget of roughly $92 billion, a 4.5 percent increase above the projected FY 2018 figure. Join Bloomberg Government for a breakfast briefing to review the administration’s IT budget and modernization priorities with an emphasis on governmentwide cloud adoption.Using propriety data and analysis, BGOV federal market analysts Laura Criste and Chris Cornillie will present the...

The use of Other Transaction Authority (OTA) has more than doubled in the past five years, to $2.3 billion in fiscal 2017 from $1 billion in fiscal 2012, according to a Bloomberg Government analysis. As more agencies recognize the benefits of using OTA, such as access to nontraditional contractors and faster acquisition processes, they may ramp up OTA spending even more. As spending increases, it becomes more important for contractors to track...

In partnership with Infrastructure Week (May 14-21), Bloomberg Next.Infrastructure serves as a destination for dialogue on policies that match the pace of technological change and innovation. We’ll envision the future of infrastructure and address roadblocks to deploying drivers of economic growth: broadband and digital systems, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, and the internet of things. Today, infrastructure is about conne...

With the enactment of fiscal 2018 Omnibus appropriations, federal agencies finally know their budgets for the rest of the fiscal year. Contractors need to know which agencies have the most to spend, what they’re looking to buy, and which contracts agencies are going to use to put money on contract before it expires. Join BGOV along with NACA, NCAIED, and the National 8(a) Association for a webinar that explores where small businesses ...

The Navy-Marine Corps team is under tremendous pressure to sustain its peace-time presence missions; increase operational readiness; add more ships and develop technologies and concepts of operation to enhance conventional deterrence in the face of increasingly sophisticated threats; and invest in strategic nuclear force upgrades.Even with an increase in the budget planned for fiscal 2018 and 2010 it still means some tough tradeoffs in the ne...

A wave of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) continues to reshape the federal market. There have been more than 1,700 government contracting M&A deals since 2015, according to BGOV analysis of Bloomberg Terminal data. Contractors have been using M&A to counter declining margins, pursue growth markets, access contract vehicles, reach new customers, acquire advanced technology, and divest to focus on core capabilities.Join Bloomberg Gov...

This March, Bloomberg Government Next.Tech serves as a destination for dialogue on the political, ethical and cultural implications of the connected future among tech industry leaders and Washington officials. The global reach of the Internet is causing national and international government bodies to rethink the bounds of commerce and consumer protections. We’ll elevate and expand the conversation to uncover policies that match the pace...