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August 10, 2009
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Procurement Czar
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| Two great tech companies have moved to or expanded in Arlington: Global Tech IT services and national security firm Ivysys. If you're thinking of moving, Arlington Economic Development can help you find space, or get settled once you're there. More info. |
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| Dr. Allan Burman was so good at acquisition (how good was he?!) that he was Administrator of Federal Procurement Policy for three presidents (Reagan, Bush, Clinton). Who better to talk to about all things contracting? We met him at his office on 14th and K – an address the keeps him almost as much in the thick of Washington as when he was in the OEOB. |
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Now President of Jefferson Solutions and a professor at George Mason, Allan recently did a Q&A with the CGI Initiative for Collaborative Government on helping the gov’t spend billions in ARRA contracts. Some ideas:
- Agencies should use performance-based contracts that align with program goals.
- Increase interaction with contractors to better understand their abilities, along with putting more focus on past performance.
- With stimulus contracts, pay contractors for components of a contract once those milestones are completed.
Allan tells us the government needs to find a happy insourcing balance. “We’re always going to need contractors, but for government to really work, it needs highly skilled acquisition people who can move contracts and set clear goals.”
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Allan grew up in central Connecticut, right on the border of the Red Sox and Yankees rivalry (a photo of Ted Williams in his office tells you where he stands). He earned more degrees than a thermometer (bachelor’s from Wesleyan, master’s at Harvard, PhD at GW, and a Fulbright Scholar in France) before starting at OMB in the early 70s. Off work, you’ll find him riding his bike and playing with his bearded collie.
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| Twitter in Traffic |
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 Something new from Mobomo co-founder Barg Upender, named one of Washingtonian’s Tech Titans earlier this year: It's TrafficTweet, an iPhone app that lets people twitter traffic conditions anywhere on Earth. (Mars coming soon?) Simply put, users can post info (traffic accidents, lane closures, speed traps, etc.) on Google maps for other Twitter users to view on their smart phone. Fun fact about Barg: His friends call him Barg Marley because of his love for the singer. |
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Unintentional Entrepreneurs
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We always felt like entrepreneurs are magically spawned, but apparently the economy has some effect as well. Last week at the Johns Hopkins MoCo Campus in Rockville, Network Solutions hosted more than 100 unintentional entrepreneurs – people who started businesses after being laid off or took a buyout package. These are the types who know their way around a server, but not a tax form. The event featured Shannon King Nash, author of For the Love of Money: The 411 to Taking Control of Your Taxes and Building Your Net Worth.
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| More Bisnow Events! |
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Remember in January when we held that massive Federal IT event at the Tower Club with speakers like Karen Evans, Rob Carey, and Dave Wennergren? Well, we’re planning more for this fall; we’ve invited an A-list of speakers already, but we also want your input: What would you like to see? CIOs? CAOs? Big integrators? Someone we haven’t even heard of? Send us names of folks you want to see to techstories@bisnow.com
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