Archive: July 29, 2007 - August 04, 2007
War And Money Redux
Several readers offered tart observations about my posting, "War And Money." You will see there's some smart stuff here, particularly the suggestions that the structural problems are far more important than the instances of outright corruption among contractors and government employees. I agree that a lack of training, overwhelming workloads,...
By Robert O'Harrow | August 3, 2007; 5:41 AM ET | Comments (3)
War And Money
Consider the following stories as food for thought. From the perspective of accountability, one can only assume there's much more here that has yet to be said. Megan Scully of CongressDaily wrote this story that appeared in GovernmentExecutive.com on Tuesday: "The cost of military operations and diplomatic efforts in...
By Robert O'Harrow | August 2, 2007; 5:32 AM ET | Comments (6)
Mega Deal: Day 2
If only because of the size -- $50 billion -- and the number of companies in on the deal -- 29 were announced as winners yesterday -- it seems appropriate to devote a little more virtual ink to the GSA's Alliant contract announcement yesterday. Known as a governmentwide acquisition contract,...
By Robert O'Harrow | August 1, 2007; 5:31 AM ET | Comments (3)
Mega Deal Winners Announced
The winners of the GSA's mega Alliant contract -- worth $50 billlion over the next decade -- were announced a short while ago. Fresh from from the GSA press release, they are: Accenture National Security Services LLC Advanced Management Technology Inc. Alion Science and Technology Corp. AT&T Government Solutions,...
By Robert O'Harrow | July 31, 2007; 3:02 PM ET | Comments (4)
Small Business, Big Business.
It seems as though the role of small businesses in federal contracting ought to be making bigger news. After all, Congress has mandated that a quarter of all contracting dollars ought to be set aside for "small businesses." That's a lot of dough. As many of you know, there's...
By Robert O'Harrow | July 31, 2007; 6:18 AM ET | Comments (7)
