Innovation and Tech Superiority through Acquisition Reform

This event qualifies for 1 CPEs

Government acquisition processes can only maintain our country's technological superiority by challenging the status quo. The need to lower cost, increase efficiency and open the playing field for non-proprietary technology is driving fundamental changes in the way government buys.

Today's contracting officer operates in an environment that is changing at an accelerating pace. Complex technology, enterpreneurial start-ups, and electronic delivery of services are all promulgating the need for a more agile and out of the box acquisition landscape.

This webinar will explore the business, cultural and technical issues that are holding agencies back from acquiring innovation.

Learning Objectives:

Understand the issues that impede moving away from the status quo in contracting.
Discuss how agencies can maintain brand-neutrality.
Explore approaches agencies are using the overcome business, cultural or technical impediments to improving the acquisition process.

Speaker and Presenter Information

Joanne Woytek, Program Manager, Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP), NASA
Joe Paiva, Chief Information Officer, International Trade Administration
Steve Charles, Executive Vice President and Co-Founder, immixGroup
Tony Celeste, Director, Federal Sales, Brocade
Tom Temin, Host and Managing Editor of The Federal Drive on Federal News Radio 1500 AM, will moderate this interactive discussion among government and industry leaders .

Relevant Government Agencies

Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, Intelligence Agencies, DOD & Military, Office of the President (includes OMB), Dept of Agriculture, Dept of Commerce, Dept of Education, Dept of Energy, Dept of Health & Human Services, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of Housing & Urban Development, Dept of the Interior, Dept of Justice, Dept of Labor, Dept of State, Dept of Transportation, Dept of Treasury, Dept of Veterans Affairs, EPA, GSA, USPS, SSA, NASA, Other Federal Agencies, Legislative Agencies (GAO, GPO, LOC, etc.), Judicial Branch Agencies, State Government, County Government, City Government, Municipal Government, CIA, FEMA, Office of Personnel Management, Coast Guard, National Institutes of Health, FAA, Census Bureau, USAID, National Guard Association, EEOC