Oversight
NASA contractors get help finding new jobs
Labor provides $5.3 million grant to help Texans affected by retirement of the space shuttle program.
Defense
Lawmaker finds Defense IG is doing less with more
Watchdog is drifting off-topic and publishing fewer reports despite a staff increase, report says.
Oversight
Plea agreement for ex-special counsel in limbo
At hearing, judge raises questions about whether Scott Bloch must serve a minimum of a month in jail.
Defense
Defense insourcing to continue at military services
Pentagon allows thousands of job conversions to proceed despite a reported lack of savings, sparking outcry from contractors.
Oversight
Defense contractor employee pleads guilty to bribery
Dorothy Ellis is the latest to be ensnared in a bid-rigging probe at an Army base in Kuwait.
Oversight
BP oil spill proves fertile ground for procurement
Federal agencies have spent almost $126 million in Gulf Coast contracts.
Defense
Improper time-and-materials contracts prove costly
IG raps Army for lack of competition, weak oversight for war zone work.
Oversight
FAR Council to hear tribal concerns about new sole-source law
Some fear justification rule for contracts of more than $20 million could hinder Native American firms.
Oversight
Small businesses net bigger share of contracts
New report shows total spending up, but government once again missed its 23 percent goal.
Oversight
Agencies are getting too attached to incumbent contractors, watchdog finds
Narrow project requirements that favor one firm are another reason federal contracts are less competitive than they could be, GAO says.
Management
Push and Pull
White House mulls the option of posting contract documents online to improve transparency.
Defense
Lockheed on board with Pentagon cost-cutting initiative
Government’s biggest contractor says it’s working to reduce inefficiencies and cut overhead expenses.
Oversight
Civilian agencies feel contracting pinch
Agencies watch their wallets and bring work back in-house.
Defense
Young arms dealer gets into more trouble
Efraim Diveroli, who delivered faulty munitions to Afghan security forces through a Pentagon contract, is arrested again on firearms charges.
News
Former NASA chief of staff pleads guilty to conspiracy charge
Courtney Stadd conspired with an agency official to direct a $600,000 contract to a consulting client.
Defense
Watchdog raps Homeland Security for conference fees
Inspector general instructs department to return more than $200,000 to the Treasury.
Defense
Removing all private security firms from Afghanistan could be difficult
Obama administration officials argue that four-month deadline might be overly aggressive.
Defense
Report finds gaps in Gulf Coast small biz contracting
GAO says locally based small firms received less than 14 percent of contracts to recover from hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Oversight
Court rules against government, again, in small business parity
Federal Claims judge finds the Air Force violated the law when it did not give a HUBZone firm priority.
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