News
Agencies didn’t reinvent the wheel on stimulus contracts
Most Recovery Act acquisitions took advantage of pre-existing deals, watchdog finds.
Defense
Panel: Pentagon should freeze hiring, slash management
Defense Business Board also recommends major changes to retirement system.
Defense
Senators express disappointment with DHS strategic review
Committee members chide Homeland Security for lack of implementation details in new report.
Oversight
Report: IT dashboard plagued by outdated data
Watchdog finds website intended to provide near real-time updates on projects’ cost and progress doesn’t have the latest information.
Oversight
Census managers fired for falsifying population counts in Brooklyn
The former supervisors could face criminal charges for misconduct.
Defense
Contractors caught gaming the system avoid punishment
Eight months after GAO finds fraud in the service-disabled veteran-owed small business program, not a single firm has been suspended.
Oversight
Administration cites progress reining in procurement costs
Contract spending increased by 4 percent in fiscal 2009, a considerably lower growth rate than in prior years.
Defense
Defense mandates disclosure of contract bundling
Department also will alert lawmakers to large sole-source task or delivery orders.
Oversight
Obama nominates Clinton budget director to lead OMB
Jacob Lew oversaw a budget surplus during his tenure in the late 1990s.
News
State will turn to contractors for support in Iraq
As the military exits, diplomatic officials will rely increasingly on the private sector, new report suggests.
Oversight
Privatization battle centers on definition of federal employee
Union challenges Air Force program to contract out work performed by nonappropriated government employees.
Oversight
Administration requires subcontractor reporting
Proposed rule also would mandate that agencies post salaries of top contractor executives.
Defense
Beleaguered Defense audit agency crafts new vision for the future
Two years after unfavorable GAO report, new director is attempting a difficult reform.
Oversight
Agencies reduce use of noncompetitive, high-risk contracts
Cost-reimbursement and time-and-materials contracts are on the decline, early fiscal 2010 data shows.
Oversight
Agencies urged to document oil spill costs
OMB guidance does not address process for reimbursement.
Oversight
Senator wants administration to pick up the pace on sole-source rule
Outreach to tribal communities is slowing the process to the consternation of Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill.
Defense
Report finds DHS contracts over budget, behind schedule
GAO examined 15 major acquisition programs with a combined $100 billion in life-cycle costs.
Features
The Power of the Purse
The procurement process has long been used as a lever to influence social policy, but some say favoring contractors who pay higher wages would be going too far.
Defense
Defense aims to use interagency contracts judiciously
Top Pentagon procurement policy official says GSA must provide data to show its Multiple Award Schedule deals are valuable.
Oversight
Agencies must develop business case for interagency contracts
OFPP will issue guidance later this summer requiring them to prove new vehicles make sense.
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