PSC Council Spotlight

Civilian Agencies Council

Key Accomplishments

• Build strong, collaborative relationships between government officials and the PSC member community.

• Support efforts to reduce government practices that stifle innovation, competition, speed, and/or efficiency in procurements.

• Position members to understand the future direction of civilian agencies’ marketplaces.

Submitted industry perspectives and sustained agency communications on key matters affecting contractors, such as feedback on acquisition vehicles (CIO-SP4, Polaris, USAL, RAF-ESO); new Executive Orders; Federal Rulemaking; COVID-19 policies; workforce; inflation; supply chain; cybersecurity; and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility policies.

Conducted five Reverse Industry Day programs for 1,000+ program and acquisition officials across DHS, EPA, CMS, NIH, and FDA; these programs provided industry perspectives on teaming agreements, procurement forecasts, market research methods, barriers to entry, and multi-step evaluation processes.

Hosted the Federal Law Enforcement Conference, bringing together 200+ PSC members and officials from FBI, DEIA, U.S. Marshals Service; DHS; CBP; ICE; Secret Service; and IRS Criminal Investigations to discuss the challenges of operationalizing data, interagency approaches to ransomware, and acquisition trends.

Hosted the FedHealth Conference, bringing together 200+ PSC members and officials from Veterans Affairs; SAMHSA; VHA; NIH; and FDA to discuss the post pandemic mental health crisis, emerging technologies to improve civilian and military health, and acquisition and budget trends.

Built relationships and provided business intelligence for members with officials from DHS (USCIS, TSA, CBP, and OCPO); HHS (NIH and CMS); and key officials at Veterans Affairs (Chief Acquisition Officer, Chief Data Officer, and Chief Veterans Experience Officer) through Task Force meetings and other events.

Facilitated member participation and sharing of subject matter expertise and business practices at DHS industry roundtables discussion on cyber supply chain, customer experience, and Zero Trust.

Prepared industry role players for a DHS contract debriefing training workshop which allowed contract officers to practice their debriefing skills and understand what information companies seek and why.

• Reinforce the role and partnership needed with government contractors in helping the federal government achieve critical Administration priorities, including initiatives around digital transformation and customer experience; climate resiliency; infrastructure; health equity; cybersecurity; and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.

• Engage with government decision-makers on the design of important acquisition vehicles to promote competition and ensure smarter buying.

• Lead Reverse Industry Day (RID) sessions with acquisition officials in key federal agencies to improve understanding of industry decision-making factors and the value of early engagement and communication to procurement outcomes.

• Support PSC surveys and the 2023 Vision Federal Market Forecast.

• Continue regular, on-going information sharing with VA, HHS, DHS, and Energy through task force meetings and programs.

• Ensure the 2023 Federal Law Enforcement and FedHealth Conferences serve as a forum for discussion on critical mission topics between government and PSC members.

• Advocate on behalf of members with federal civilian agencies on key policy issues that impact industry’s ability to serve their customers

2022 Executive Advisory Board

Chair: Mark Lee, ICF

PSC Staff Lead: Krista Sweet

Executive Advisory Board:

• Paul J. Anninos, ABT Associates

• Lynn Ann Casey, Arc Aspicio

• Evan Davis, Maximus

• Atacan Donmez, Salient

Task Forces

• Energy & Natural Resources Task Force

• Health & Human Services Task Force

• Homeland Security Task Force

• Veterans Affairs Task Force

• Tracye Winfrey Howard, Wiley Rein

• Kavita Kalatur, NetImpact

• David Martens, Dovel Technologies

• Andrea McCarthy, HARP

• Francis Moody, Serco

• Gregg Mossburg, CGI Federal

• Todd Pantezzi, CVP

• Lisa Patton, JBS International

• LaJuanna Russell, Business Management Associates

• Pat Tamburrino, LMI

• Kathy Taylor, DRT Strategies

• Kirste Webb, Lucas Inc