Insourcing, agency advocates, budget cuts, raised contracting goal: The legislation continues to pour out of the House. But will it go anywhere?

Government officials would suffer if their agency comes up short on a small-business goal, under proposed legislation.

Cloud characteristics, like shifting standards and service levels, can pose special challenges to traditional procurement practices.

Some core definitions and tools could bridge the conflicting needs of agencies and cloud providers.

Cloud computing can present unfamiliar territory for government acquisition officials.

The Navy is upgrading its shipboard networks with the first phase of a new contract expected to be awarded Feb. 1.

Under a new bill, a department that misses a small-business contracting goal could lose money from the next year's budget.

SBA's Office of Advocacy wants OFPP to clearly tell the acquisition workforce to follow regulations on set-asides.

Lowering costs requires weighing the pros and cons of updating antiquated systems or replacing them.

Small contractors would suffer if regulators adopt guidance that replaces agencies’ flexibility, trade group says.

Dan Gordon, former OFPP administrator, offers insights on what still needs attention in procurement.

The Small Business Jobs Act requires an analysis of small-business participation in governmentwide commercial purchase card micro-purchases.

Officials want to have a way to check on the contractor-to-federal employee ratio.

The Veterans Affairs Department is asking for industry input on the feasibility of ditching its PBX in favor of cloud-based telephony.

Strategic sourcing contracts save money, but considerably less than GSA claims, GAO concludes.

The fiscal 2012 National Defense Authorization Act may provide a little more clarity to the blurry term of “critical function.”

Gordon has met with GAO to talk about how OMB has addressed the issues that put interagency contracting onto the high-risk list in the first place.

The procurement community had its ways to share the workload, but few used them, says outgoing OFPP administrator Dan Gordon.

With the emergence of a Facebook Nation, Americans have come to expect more digital interaction with their government, says Obama's chief information officer.

Defense Department officials acknowledge that some elements of its IT strategy represent high cultural barriers.