Federal 100: Julia T. Susman
Name: Julia T. Susman
Title: President and CEO
Agency: Jefferson Consulting Group
Consulting/contracting ace. Susman is president, CEO and founder of Jefferson Consulting Group, which comprises a consulting firm and a government contracting firm. Her nearly 30-year career includes substantial work on improving federal acquisition, integrating IT into government agencies and building a more collaborative culture. One of her biggest projects in 2015 involved clarifying the roles and responsibilities of contracting officer's representatives at the Agriculture Department to help them collaborate better and meet the agency's IT and acquisition goals. She also introduced performance standards for CORs that were validated by a comprehensive follow-up survey.
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