Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Introducing the Insider
The Industry Defined
HUBZones: Anyone Can Play
Beyond Reproach: The Incumbent's Bind
Breaking Wave: Human Resources BPO
Cooperative Personnel Services: Differentiating Not a Problem
Adventures in Marketing
Policy & Regs: Can We Satisfy the Appetite for Cleared Personnel?
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Stymied by FBI giving information only to prospective contractors, we thought we'd do a little ferreting to find out something about the planned role for the Aerospace Corp. in the upcoming Sentinel case file management program. We found a clear picture of the not-for-profit organization's activities. They include checking the contract compliance of the Sentinel contractor to be selected by year-end. But the Bureau's planning to use several other Aerospace capabilities upstream of contract performance, and they pose some problems.
The Big Four are the largest professional services firms in the world. They do most of their business outside the United States, where their business is mainly commercial, not governmental. To run down some recent buzz that they were "returning" to the federal market, we used some of the few facts they reveal to determine whether any firm should be concerned about losing federal market share to them.
For those who can't wait for the full year-end scorekeeping, here's a halfway view of the "forward-looking statements" we made in January. Things are unfolding as prognosticated, in the majority of cases. But we're not ready to quit our day jobs, yet.
We took a look at Rep Chris Van Hollen's campaign to roll back two-year old regulations that have guided the administration's competitive sourcing program. He seems to be trying to deliver something to the many civil servants in his district, but he may be ignoring some unintended consequences for both constituents and government services firms.
Speaking of roll backs (no, this is not about Walmart), Gen. T. Michael Moseley, the incoming Air Force chief of staff, has some old-fangled ideas about how to control the acquisitions gone wild in his service. He'd like to bring back blue suiters to replace civilians as the top decision-makers in major acquisitions.
Agencies are considering consolidation of various contract vehicles, and at the same time awarding them to lots of firms. Alan Chvotkin informs you about how to size up this situation and plan your firm's response to this trend, as well as the strategic sourcing program that will lead to other kinds of consolidation