

Amtower Off-Center
Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio
Hosted by nationally-known speaker and consultant Mark Amtower, Amtower Off-Center highlights the good, the bad, the ugly and the just plain silly of doing business in the government market. Every week experts join Mark for a lively discussion of current issues facing the government contractor community.
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Mar 29, 2023 • 44min
The key rules of government contracting
GovCon guru and attorney Alan Chvotkin, partner at Nichols Liu, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to share his key rules of government contracting.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mar 22, 2023 • 43min
All things AFFIRM
Mark Krzysko, president of the Association for Federal Information Resources Management, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center, to discuss what his organization is doing for the GovCon community.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mar 15, 2023 • 43min
An inside look at the federal SmartPay program
David Shea, director of the Office of Charge Card Management at the General Services Administration joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the federal SmartPayprogram. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Feb 13, 2023 • 47min
Mergers & acquisitions in GovCon
Kevin DeSanto, managing director and co-founder of KippsDeSanto, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss how mergers and acquisitions in GovCon have been impacted by the pandemic.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jan 31, 2023 • 44min
Top tech issues in the federal market
Washington Technology Editor in Chief Nick Wakeman joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss the state of NITAAC & CMMC, mergers and acquisitions, and CIO-SP4.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jan 19, 2023 • 42min
The RIVA story
This week on Amtower Off Center, Naveen Krishnamurthy, CEO of RIVA Solutions, joins host Mark Amtower for a wide ranging discussion covering:
The RIVA Story
Building the staff- recruiting and retention
RIVA’s culture
Mentor-mentee program
Charity events- RIVA Karma
Naveen’s visibility & involvement
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jan 12, 2023 • 46min
The top issues affecting federal contracting officers
Skyway Acquisitions CEO Kevin Jans joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss RFP, CPARS and other issues affecting government contracting officers.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dec 1, 2022 • 46min
How to make Zero Trust architectures successful
Sanjt Ganguli, Vice president, Transformation Strategy and Field CTO of Zscaler, discusses Zscalers FedRamp authorizations, the evolution of Zero Trust architectures, and the seven elements of successful Zero Trust architecture.

Oct 26, 2022 • 43min
Top contracting issues in FY 2023
This podcast discusses the impact of inflation, climate change, and the upcoming election on contractors in FY 2023. It covers topics such as continuing resolutions, budget projections, challenges faced by small businesses, the defunding of the SBIR program, travel challenges, and contracting issues and protests.

Oct 5, 2022 • 48min
Secrets of Strategic Pricing for GovCon
This podcast explores the secrets of strategic pricing for government contractors. The guest discusses the importance of early pricing involvement and collaboration, the significance of having a pricing process, different strategies and considerations for pricing government contracts, essential tools and strategies for bidding, and the importance of competitive assessment and price to win.


