Government Contracting Reference books

I suggest that you go to Amazon.com and search in books for "government contracting." A lot of titles will come up, including some for people who know little or nothing about the subject.

Gov't Contracting Professionals-

Can you assist in identifying good publications on subject? NCMA has a number of products from CCH. Looking for STRAIGHT-Forward, "in laymen's terms" type educational/reference materials that work with professionals not well-versed in the FAR.

thanks to all!

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One that was recommended to me is "The Government Contract Guidebook" by Steven Feldman. Even though this is a book tailored for contract lawyers, it is very informative. It is not too over-the-top. Each section in the book has references to GAO cases and the corresponding FAR parts.

http://www.amazon.com/Government-Contract-...0/dp/0314920722

"Acquisition Management" by Englebeck. I do not own this one, but it was another one recommended. I do know that this is one of the textbooks that Strayer University uses this in one of it's master courses.

http://www.amazon.com/Acquisition-Manageme...ref=pd_sim_b_15

I would stay away from some of them on the Amazon list. There are quite a few that are written for contractors that are trying to break into Federal Contracting. i.e. "Federal Contracting Made Easy, 3rd Edition". I know a few people that have that one, and they say it is useless.

Check out this list of universities also. http://www.dau.mil/aboutDAU/AboutDocs/partners.aspx

You can go and look at their course offerings for contracting and see which books they use as texts.