Publications
2024
VA acquisitions asks vendors to show their work October 2024 By Steve Kelman
Felon or not, Boeing’s federal contracting fortune seems secure July 2024 By Oriana Pawlyk (POLITICO PRO)
How Not to Alienate Business Partners: Part One February 2024 By Moshe Schwartz and Michelle V. J. Johnson
2023
How Not to Alienate Business Partners: A Framework for Addressing Factors Impacting Retention of Defense Contractors November 2023 By Moshe Schwartz and Michelle V. J. Johnson
Keep the focus in procurement on best value products and services for the government August 2023 By Steve Kelman
David Drabkin and Christopher Yukins present at Swedish Public Procurement Conference Video Charts May 2023 By David Drabkin and Christopher Yukins
PRT views regarding Organizational Conflict of Interest policy March 2023 By Procurement Round Table
2022
DoD Bid Protests October 2022 By David Drabkin and Christopher Yukins
Congressionally Mandated Study on Contractor Debarments for Violations of U.S. Labor Laws September 2022 By David Drabkin and Christopher Yukins
Contracting U.
July 2022 By PRT Director Michael Wooten
Acquisition Policy in the FY22 National Defense Authorization Act: New Direction or Just More of the Same?
March 2022 By PRT Director Jon Etherton
Competing in Time: Ensuring Capability Advantage and Mission Success through Adaptable Resource Allocation
February 2022 By PRT Director William Greenwalt et al
PRT views on USDA’s February 17, 2022, proposed amendments to the department’s acquisition regulations that include proposed new certifications regarding compliance with federal labor laws April 2022 By Procurement Round Table [Note, the following Directors recused themselves from participating in this letter: David Drabkin and Chris Yukins.]
Previously banned labor law rule for federal contractors comes back into play
June 2022 Interview with PRT Director David Berteau
2021
Response to Request for Information - Methods and Leading Practices for Advancing Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through Government
July 2021 By Procurement Round Table
The argument for preserving the AbilityOne Program
March 2021 By Robert Burton and Craig Barrett
2020
A post-election message from government contractors to America
November 2020, By Steve Kelman
Creating an infrastructure for procurement innovation at DHS
November 2020, By Steve Kelman
Here we go again: 'diversity training' and government contractors
October 2020, By Steve Kelman
Brand Name or Equal: Without 'Equal,' It's Not Competitive
October 2020 By Steven L. Schooner
Re-imagining the small-business mentor-protege model
September 2020, By Steve Kelman
“Warming Up” to Sustainable Procurement
September 2020 By Steven L. Schooner and Markus Speidel
Section 876 – GSA takes welcome steps towards innovation
September 2020, By Roger Waldron
Section 889 implementation: Language changes that may have big consequences
August 2020, By Roger Waldron
Unpriced schedules: Instantly promoting small business opportunities
July 2020, By Roger Waldron
Postscript II: Enhanced Debriefings
May 2020 By Steven L. Schooner
Emerging Policy and Practice Issues (2019)
March 2020 By Steven L. Schooner
Enhanced Debriefings: A Toothless Mandate?
February 2020 By Steven L. Schooner
2019
U.S. Government to Award Billions of Dollars in Contracts to Open Electronic Marketplaces to Government Customers—Though Serious Questions Remain
November 2019 By Christopher R. Yukins
Administrative Conference of the United States Launches Study of Agency-Level Bid Protests
August 2019 By Christopher R. Yukins
Mitigating counterfeit, cyber and supply chain risks in the e-commerce pilot
May 2019, By Roger Waldron
e-GSA: Creating opportunities through e-commerce
February 2019, By Roger Waldron
DOD's Section 809 panel proposes a revolution in contracting
January 2019, By Steve Kelman
Barriers to entry in the federal marketplace -- they're not what you think
January 2019, By Steve Kelman
Addressing cyber risks of e-commerce
January 2019, By Roger Waldron
2018
Commercial Products and Services: Raising the Market Research Bar or Much Ado about Nothing?
November 2018 By Steven L. Schooner
Most Effective Acquisition Organization (MEAO)
October 2018, By Dan Jacobs and Lenn Vincent
Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity Contracts: Time to Correlate Practice and Policy?
August 2018 By Steven L. Schooner
How a New Contracting Tool is Shaking Up Federal Procurement
July 2018, By Steve Kelman
Memo to GSA: Contracts with high access fees don’t fly with customers
June 2018, By Larry Allen
DoD cloud strategy: Stifling innovation in the name of innovation
March 2018, By Roger Waldron
False Claims Act: Greater DOJ Scrutiny of Frivolous Qui Tam Actions?
March 2018 By Steven L. Schooner
Meet the contracting folks who are encouraging new IT vendors
March 2018, By Steve Kelman
Urban Myths: Are GSA’s prices fair and reasonable?
January 2018, By Roger Waldron
2017
Questions continue regarding DoD's cloud forecast
December 2017, By Roger Waldron
'Reinventing government', 25 years later
December 2017, By Steve Kelman
Transformation two-step: Challenges for government and industry
November 2017, By Stan Soloway
Could 'microconsulting' disrupt government contracting?
July 2017, By Steve Kelman
Senate attempt to reduce protests misses the point
July 2017, By Stan Soloway
Contract protests up; contract awards down. What to do?
July 2017, By Michael Fischetti
Best-in-class contracts: Where is the classroom?
July 2017, By Roger Waldron
Section 801: Limiting competition to 'increase' competition?
June 2017, By Roger Waldron
Run, don't walk, away from GSA's transactional data reporting rule
April 2017, By Larry Allen
Trump reorganization could improve federal procurement
March 2017, By Roger Waldron
The new Office of American Innovation -- let's give Trump credit
March 2017, By Steve Kelman
OAI: A jump start for procurement innovation
March 2017, By Roger Waldron
PRT Letter of Recommendations to President-Elect Trump
January 2017, PRT Chairman Allan V. Burman, Ph.D with contributions from PRT Officers & Directors
2016
Procurement policy and the transition sweepstakes
December 2016 By Steve Kelman
OFPP and category management: Pressing the pause button
December 2016 By By Roger Waldron
Trump leases his D.C. hotel from a government agency he'll soon be in charge of
November 2016 By Steven L. Schooner and Daniel I. Gordon
Donald Trump's management agenda?
November 2016 By Steve Kelman
Procurement policy world heats up during dog days of summer
August 2016 By Roger Waldron
Transactional Data Reporting: A customary commercial practice?
July 2015 By Roger Waldron
How GSA can make it easier to deliver best value services and solutions
April 2016 By Roger Waldron
Benchmarking Silicon Valley
March 2016 By Michael Fischetti
Why acquisition reformers should follow Willie Sutton's advice
January 2016 By Larry Allen
Say 'yes, if...' not 'no, because...'
January 2016 By Michael Fischetti
2014
NDIA Pathway to Transformation Acquisition Report
December 2014, Co-authored by PRT Director Etherton with contributions from PRT Directors Avetissian and Drabkin
PRT Director Papers to Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on "Improving Defense Acquisition of Goods and Services"
September 2014 By Honorable Jacques S. Gansler
DoD Acquisition Reform, PRT Chairman Letter to SASC and HASC
September 2014
Jon Etherton, Testimony before Senate Armed Services Committee
April 2014
David J. Berteau, Testimony before Senate Armed Services Committee
April 2014
2012
A Toxic Work Environment Threatens Acquisition Personnel Gains
FCW October 2012, by Anne Reed, Daniel I. Gordon and Al Burman
Acquisition: Bridging the Communication Gaps
FCW November 2012, by Anne Reed, Daniel I. Gordon and Al Burman
2011
Democracy's Arsenal (Creating a Twenty-First-Century Defense Industry)
June 2011 By Jacques S. Gansler
A Random Walk: The Federal Circuit's 2010 Government Contracts Decisions
April 2011 By Steven L. Schooner
The Lectern
April 2011 By Steve Kelman
A Versatile Prism: Assessing Procurement Law Through the Principal-Agent Model
March 2011 By Christopher R. Yukins
Emerging Policy and Practice Issues
March 2011 By Steven L. Schooner & David J. Berteau
2010
Structure and Dynamics of the U.S. Federal Professional Services Industrial Base, 1995-2009
November 2010 By David J. Berteau el al
Suing the Government as a 'Joint Employer' -
Evolving Pathologies of the Blended Workforce
October 2010 By Steven L. Schooner el al
Contractors and the Ultimate Sacrifice
September 2010 By Steven L. Schooner el al
Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act, PRT Letter
February 2010
Interagency Contracts (Part I): Overview and Recommendations for Reform
February 2010 By Ralph Nash & Steven L. Schooner
2009
Inherently Governmental Functions: Has the Debate Changed?
October 2009 By Allan V. Burman
Achieving Effective Reform
April 2009 By Steve Kelman & Steven L. Schooner
Public Procurement: Focus on People, Value for Money and Systemic Integrity, Not Protectionism
March 2009 By Steven L. Schooner and Christopher R. Yukins
Acquisition Leadership, PRT Letter
March 2009
2008
Treasury Beware
October 2008 By David Litman
2007
Interagency Contracting, PRT Paper
October 2007
The Blended Workforce
May 2007 By Richard J. Bednar & Gary P. Quigley
Advisory Panel Report to Congress and OFPP
January 2007
2006
A New Approach to Performance-Based Services Acquisition
August 2006 By Vernon Edwards & Ralph Nash
Attracting and Retaining the Right Talent
August 2006 By Shirl Nelson
Crisis of Contracting
April 2006 By Bill Tuttle, Susan Livingstone & Bob Welch
2005
Understanding the Current Wave of Procurement Reform - Devolution of the Contracting Function
June 2005 By Christopher R. Yukins
1999
The Federal Acquisition System: Transitioning to the 21st Century
December 1999
