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b'If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!) \\nOne of the best shortcuts to learn and grow is to get perspective from people with different experiences than your own. We\\u2019re happy to welcome David Bartlow back to the podcast to give us the program manager\\u2019s perspective. Dave has 15 years of Government contracting experience with the Department of the Navy and multiple large and small government contractors. Throughout his career David has taken on the most challenging projects and has developed an expertise in applying programmatic discipline to unstructured initiatives or distressed programs. \\nPaul and Dave discuss the ever present risk that both Government and Industry program managers face during project execution: scope creep. The contract requirements were written with best intentions, but it seems inevitable that more (or slightly different) work is desired than planned. \\nLearn how to recognize scope creep and why it is hard for Industry to \\u201cjust say no\\u201d to Government requests. \\nWe hope you enjoy the Program Manager\\u2019s perspective, joining the proposal manager\\u2019s and contract administrator\\u2019s perspectives on the podcast in the quest to help make Government contracts better, one contract at a time.\\n__________\\nKevin Jans and Paul Schauer created the Contracting Officer Podcast to help Government and Industry acquisition professionals understand more about how the other side thinks. Admittedly, the podcast\\u2019s name sounds very limiting. It is not just for contracting officers or even just for those in the contracting profession. Anyone with an interest in the Federal acquisition world can benefit from the insight and down-to-earth explanations of complicated topics provided by the hosts.'