This week’s guest on Off the Shelf is Ben Hall, chief executive officer of Golden State Medical Supply (GSMS). 

Hall shares the GSMS story, from its founding by an Air Force veteran in the 1980s to its role today delivering cost-effective, high-quality generic pharmaceuticals to the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense. 

He discusses the role data management and analytics plays in delivering value to the customer across government and how GSMS is now supporting the brand name federal market. 

Finally Hall talks about the opportunities and challenges in driving domestic and near-shore manufacturing of pharmaceuticals.  

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This week’s guest on Off the Shelf is Jason Workmaster from Miller & Chevalier. 

Workmaster discusses the potential legal implications of the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO), and analyzes the key features of the RFO and the implications for contractors and contracting officers. He highlights the potential ramifications for the bid protest process and the roles of GAO and the Court of Claims.  

Turning to GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program, Workmaster gives his thoughts on the expansion of Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) across the program and what contractors need to focus on during the expansion.  

Finally, he outlines the Department of Justice’s enforcement priorities for government contractors under the new Trump administration.  

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Alan Thomas, founder of Alpha Tango Strategies, and Bill

Gormley, president of the Gormley Group, join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for an engrossing discussion of the evolving federal procurement market. 

The discussion highlights the consolidation of procurement functions at the General Services Administration (GSA) pursuant to the president’s executive order. 

Thomas and Gormley, both former senior executives at GSA, share their insights on the role of GSA, the management opportunities, and considerations of consolidating federal

procurement for common products and services with GSA’s Federal Acquisition

Services (FAS). 

They also provide historical context to GSA’s role in federal procurement and how the consolidation will reshape the federal market.  As part of that discussion, Thomas and Gormley share their thoughts regarding consolidation opportunities and implementation strategies for GSA and FAS. 

Other topics covered include right-sizing GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule program, the impending rewrite of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and the

state of the IT GWACs.    

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Bill Gormley, president of the Gormley Group, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss how inflation is impacting the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Schedules program.

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Ken Dodds, vice president and industry expert at Live Oak Bank, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a review of 2021’s key small business policy changes, program developments, and market trends.

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Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf, to discuss the state of GSA’s major governmentwide contracting programs.

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Miller & Chevalier’s Jason Workmaster, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the Government Accountability Office's FY21 bid protest report.

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Moshe Schwartz, president of Etherton and Associates, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the geopolitical, technological, and operational factors that shaped the FY22 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

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Chris Bennethum, assistant commissioner of the Office of Assisted Acquisition Services (AAS), highlights the AAS mission and shares its remarkable track record in delivering best value acquisition and mission support for customer agencies.

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Jason Miller, executive editor of the Federal News Network, provides a wrap up of the key procurement developments in 2021 and takes a sneak peak at what's ahead in 2022.

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Steve Schooner, Nash & Cibinic Professor of Procurement Law at The George Washington University Law School, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a wide ranging discussion on climate change and key strategies for sustainable procurement.

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This week on Off the Shelf,  Bill Gormley, president of the Gormley Group, joins host Roger Waldron for a wide ranging discussion of the top contracting trends impacting the General Services Administration, customer agencies, and industry.

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This week on Off the Shelf,  Miller & Chevalier’s Jason Workmaster joins host Roger Waldron for lively discussion of what government contractors should focus on as they navigate the Covid-19 vaccine mandate.

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Christine Harada, former senior advisor in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy during the Biden administration, joins Aileen Black on this week's Leaders and Legends.

Harada is currently the senior advisor of Project Redword at Advanced Energy United and is a dynamic executive leader with over 25 years of experience bridging the public and private sector.

That experience coupled with her educational background in aeronautics,astronautics, and business from MIT, Stanford, and Wharton, positions her as a versatile leader.

On today's program, Harada will discuss the challenges of leadership during today's changing times. She offers sage advice on approaches to keep teams focused on the mission.

 

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Sheppard Mullin partners Jonathan Aronie, Ryan Roberts, and Denise Giraudo, join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the implementation of President Joe Biden’s Executive Order on Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors.

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Cheryl Davis, senior director for Strategic Initiatives at Oracle, joins host Roger Waldron on Off the Shelf to discuss the many cyber security challenges facing contractors and the federal government.

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Robin Bourne, subject matter expert, federal acquisition, with the Gormley Group joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a deep dive into all things Multiple Award Schedule(MAS).

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Robert Metzger, head of the Washington office of Rogers Joseph O’Donnell PC., joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a wide ranging discussion of the cyber security and supply chain opportunities and challenges facing government and industry.

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Jason Miller, executive editor for the Federal News Network, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a wide ranging discussion of the latest developments in the federal procurement market.

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Tim Cook, executive director of the Center for Procurement Advocacy and Tom Sisti, executive vice president and general counsel for the Coalition for Government Procurement join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss recent procurement policy developments.

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Judith Zawatsky, assistant commissioner for the Federal Acquisition Service’s Office of Systems Management, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the ongoing, transformational work on the Integrated Award Environment (IAE).

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Marcia Madsen and David Dowd, partners at Mayer Brown LLP, and Alan Thomas, chief operating officer at IntelliBridge, join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the program, legal, policy, and market issues surrounding the JEDI procurement.

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Shelby Oakley, a director in the Government Accountability Office's Contracting and National Security Acquisitions team joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a wide ranging of discussion of her agency's reports on key procurement programs in the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Jason Workmaster of Miller & Chevalier joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf discuss trends in oversight and key enforcement actions in the GSA schedules program.

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This week on Off the Shelf, Ken Dodds, executive vice president, and general counsel for the Coalition for Common Sense in Government Procurement, shares his thoughts on opportunities for acquisition reform.

Dodds discusses the opportunities to streamline GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule (MAS), including potential reform of the underlying statutory authority to focus on best value results for customer agencies.

He also highlights the opportunity to put commercial back in commercial contracting by eliminating over 100 clauses from commercial item contracting.

Finally Dodds talks about small business contracting opportunities and the roadmap for reform.

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David Cole, partner with Holland & Knight’s corporate and securities group, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to share his thoughts and insights on how government contractors should think about their capital structures.

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Bill Gormley, president of the Gormley Group, and Tom Sisti, executive vice president and general counsel at the Coalition for Government Procurement, join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off The Shelf for a mid-year update on current programmatic, policy, and market trends in federal procurement.

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Moshe Schwartz, president of Etherton and Associates, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the key acquisition policy and budgetary priorities coming out of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act.

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Alex Welch, US Federal Lead, Gartner Consulting Data & Analytics Practice, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the increasing role artificial intelligence and data analytics are playing in decision-making and how her company is supporting this evolution.

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Justin Murphy, partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the current trends in antitrust enforcement.

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Alan Thomas, chief operating officer at IntelliBridge, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the state of interagency contracting, with a focus on the Federal Acquisition Service’s portfolio of governmentwide contract vehicles.

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David Black, partner at Holland & Knight and Ken Dodds, government contracting industry expert at Live Oak Bank, join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the latest policy, program and legal developments impacting small businesses in the federal market.

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Dr. Evan Loh, chief executive officer at Paratek Pharmaceuticals, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic, the troubling rise in antibiotic resistant infections and the threat to global public health.

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Rebecca Weaver, vice president and Solution Architect for Contract Writing Systems Solutions, DoD programs at CGI Federal , joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss acquisition agility and the role it plays in delivering IT modernization to federal customers.

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Jason Miller, executive editor for Federal News Network, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to talk about the state of GSA's contracting programs including the acquisition strategy, pricing issues and Section 876.

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This week on Off the Shelf,  Moshe Schwartz, president of Etherton and Associates, provides a briefing on select provisions in the FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and the broad national security landscape driving defense acquisition policy. 

Schwartz outlines the traditional defense challenges, new challenges, and the budget constraints shaping overall defense policy. 

Additionally, Schwartz highlights key provisions from the FY 2025 NDAA that focus on supply chainrisks, industrial base, and the defense contracting process. 

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Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss interagency contracting and the major procurement programs coming out of the General Services Administration.

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Jason Workmaster with Miller and Chevalier, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf, to discuss the latest trends in the Civil False Claims Act.

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Tim Cook, executive director of the Center for Procurement Advocacy, and Tom Sisti, executive vice president and general counsel for the Coalition for Government Procurement, join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf, to discuss the top procurement policy issues in 2021.

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Bill Gormley, president of the Gormley Group, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the state of government-wide contracting in 2021.

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This week on Off the Shelf, Jon Etherton, president of Etherton and Associates, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss how key provisions in the 2021 NDAA impact defense procurement policy and operations.

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Laura Stanton, Keith Nakasone and Allen Hill, members of the IT category leadership team at the General Services Administration, join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss cloud computing, eCommerce and GSA's IT procurement and management programs.

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This week on Off the Shelf, Baker Tilley's Jeff Clayton join host Roger Waldron to discuss what the current regulatory push in the federal government means for federal contractors.

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Jeff Koses, senior procurement executive at General Services Administration, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to talk about policies and programs currently impacting federal procurement.

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NASA SEWP Program Director Joanne Woytek joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to recap the GWACs performance in fiscal year 2020 and how well it did in supporting the IT needs of federal agencies.

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Steve Schooner, Nash & Cibinic professor of Government Procurement Law at the George Washington University Law School, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss why the acquisition workforce should embrace sustainable procurement as a cost effective, long term investment for government.

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This week on Off the Shelf, Jason Workmaster, member and Government Contracts Practice lead at Miller & Chevalier, provides a wide-ranging update on key policy developments and legal trends in government contracts. 

Workmaster discusses the impact of the administration’s EEO/DEI Executive Order (EO) and what government contractors need to know, including how compliance programs will need to adjust.  He notes that the EO guidance includes a new certification requirement that will raise potential Civil False Claims Act liability for government contractors. 

Workmaster also talks about the new proposed organizational conflict of interest FAR rule, and he looks into his crystal ball and highlights the possibility that the new Congress may repeal some final rules issued by the Biden Administration pursuant to the Congressional Review Act.  It will be a question of timing and Congressional workload as to whether some final rules

are repealed. 

Finally, Jason briefs the Federal Circuit’s ACLR  decision regarding the adequacy of commercial record-keeping practices in the context of a claim.     

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Tim Cook, executive director of the Center for Procurement Advocacy and Tom Sisti, general counsel for the Coalition for Government Procurement, join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a wide ranging discussion that includes the congressional outlook of the National Defense Authorization Act, and whether Congress will pass an additional Covid-19 relief package.

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Jon Etherton, president of Etherton and Associates, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the key policy provisions of the NDAA, and the current implementation of Section 889 and CMMC.

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This week on Off the Shelf, Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller talks about the state of the federal market and the top procurement developments in the new fiscal year.

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