Oversight
OMB charts performance improvement course
Focus will shift from data collection to using performance information to achieve better results.
Oversight
Senator opens investigation of Arlington Cemetery contractors
Probe comes in response to IG findings that outdated records system led to hundreds of graves being misidentified, unmarked.
Oversight
Small business owners air contracting frustrations
At public meeting, entrepreneurs, advocates call for reduced bundling and strengthened oversight of small business programs.
Oversight
Bill places limits on contractor spending
House passes legislation that restricts many recipients of federal funds from unlimited spending on campaign ads.
Oversight
Procurement officials face mounting pressures
A flurry of policy changes creates an implementation headache for top acquisition managers.
Oversight
Senate passes improper payment bill
Legislation would require agencies to identify and recover nearly $100 billion in mistaken payments.
Oversight
Momentum is building to end secret holds
Missouri Democrat has commitments from 68 senators to end the practice of anonymously stalling nominees and bills.
Oversight
Budget director to step down
Peter Orszag plans to leave the Obama administration this summer, becoming the first Cabinet member to depart.
Defense
Defense policy bill could affect insourcing efforts
Provisions would prohibit quotas and require agencies to give “special consideration” to bringing several categories of contract work back in house.
Defense
Guard work defies easy labels
Witnesses tell wartime contracting panel a nuanced approach is needed to identify which security jobs should be off-limits to contractors.
Oversight
White House makes case for authority to perform spending surgery
Lawmakers raise concerns about bill that would provide the president with expedited budget rescission authority.
Oversight
Air Force calls up plan to save millions
Service will heed the advice of an employee and change its cell phone strategy.
Oversight
Agencies must justify non-competitive contracts
Final rule mandates that officials post documents explaining lack of competition.
Features
Procurement Pressures
A flurry of policy changes creates an implementation headache for top acquisition officials.
Defense
Building security agency’s workforce plan questioned
Watchdog wonders how the Federal Protective Service will pay, hire and train new employees.
Oversight
Procurement survey finds room for savings, process improvements
Contracting professionals suggest they can cut their budgets 30 percent by making acquisition operations more efficient.
Oversight
Administration wants input on small business concerns
Public meeting later this month will provide an opportunity to discuss giving small firms more government gigs.
Oversight
Chief of the Year: Acquisition
Hugh Hurwitz, senior procurement executive, Education Department.
Oversight
Uncertainty looms over procurement parity dispute
SBA is concerned that without legislative action contracting officers will begin avoiding small business contracts altogether.
Oversight
Obama asks agencies to shed surplus property
Memorandum also encourages officials to end lease agreements that are no longer cost efficient.
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