Agencies win plaudits for performance reports

Labor, State departments rated best at reporting on results of their programs.

• Kimberly Palmer
• April 15, 2005

Disaster Reliever

• Kimberly Palmer
• April 15, 2005

Agencies face new rules on contract management

Proposal would codify use of earned value management technique.

• Kimberly Palmer
• April 14, 2005

New regulation further limits awards to Federal Prison Industries

Agencies must perform market research before awarding contracts to government-owned prison labor company.

• Kimberly Palmer
• April 12, 2005

Civil Rights Commission official proposes deep cuts

Proposal comes days after GAO report knocks panel’s financial management.

• Kimberly Palmer
• April 11, 2005

Agencies look abroad for rabbit fur, cobra venom

Military depends on items excluded from Buy American Act.

• Kimberly Palmer
• April 6, 2005

Women business owners fight SBA program delays

Set-aside created in 2000 has yet to be implemented.

• Kimberly Palmer
• April 5, 2005

Consultant urges performance-based contracting

Seminar for acquisition officials teaches seven steps to adding contract incentives.

• Kimberly Palmer
• April 4, 2005

Agencies slow to enact parts of 2003 acquisition law, GAO says

Watchdog agency notes progress along with delays in rule-making.

• Kimberly Palmer
• April 1, 2005

Smart Buys

• Kimberly Palmer
• April 1, 2005

Private sector advises acquisition panel

Proctor & Gamble executives offer tips for buying services.

• Kimberly Palmer
• March 31, 2005

GSA pushes for greater use of call center contract

FirstContact is designed to streamline the process of selecting a vendor to operate a citizen service center.

• Kimberly Palmer
• March 28, 2005

Securities commission rife with security gaps, GAO says

Agency charged with regulating other companies’ financial systems has regulation problems of its own.

• Kimberly Palmer
• March 25, 2005

SBA faces further delays in women-owned small business program

Agency's method of measuring whether women-owned firms are underrepresented called inadequate.

• Kimberly Palmer
• March 23, 2005

Bush administration official downplays reorganization

Other management priorities take precedence over shuffling the federal organizational chart, says OMB deputy chief Clay Johnson.

• Kimberly Palmer
• March 22, 2005

Report: Defense service contract oversight falls short

GAO suggests Pentagon might be overpaying contractors.

• Kimberly Palmer
• March 21, 2005

SBA supports repeal of contractor health care provision

Agency says requirement that companies not get an advantage from offering lesser health benefits than the Pentagon provides makes it hard for small businesses to win job competitions.

• Kimberly Palmer
• March 17, 2005

Hard Bargain

Unions hustle to attract new members as labor loses clout in personnel reforms.

• Kimberly Palmer
• March 16, 2005

Big office supplier boosts small business sales

OfficeMax distributes products from disadvantaged businesses, helping agencies to meet their small business goals.

• Kimberly Palmer
• March 16, 2005

Report urges GSA to step up auditing of contracts

GAO says agency lacks documentation to show whether it has negotiated fair prices.

• Kimberly Palmer
• March 15, 2005