Oversight
Lawmaker requests Hatch Act probe of top White House officials
California Republican asks the Office of Special Counsel to investigate alleged attempts to dissuade senatorial candidates from running in the primaries.
Oversight
OMB wants to see plans for reducing improper payments
Fiscal 2012 budget submissions must include a strategy to recoup funds wasted through fraud and error.
Oversight
Coast Guard seeks private sector oil spill solutions
Contractors, scientists and nonprofits encouraged to send proposals for responding to the Gulf crisis.
Oversight
Grant will help displaced NASA contractors
Labor Department provides $15 million for job training assistance for 3,200 Kennedy Space Center private sector employees.
Oversight
Inherently governmental rule sparks little consensus
Many comment on the proposed rule change that would clarify functions suitable for outsourcing.
Oversight
Purchasing agreements emphasize strategic sourcing, vendor diversity
GSA’s 12 new office supply deals are designed to save agencies money and to facilitate more transactions with small businesses.
Defense
Pentagon official searches for the source of contracting waste
Defense acquisition deputy Frank Kendall wants to reform the behavior that leads to spiraling costs and schedule overruns.
Defense
High-performing organizations fade into the A-76 sunset
Moratorium on public-private job competitions has taken away one incentive for the voluntary business reform process, report finds.
Oversight
Senator questions Medicare agency’s use of Defense audit unit
Iowa Republican wants to know why the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services still contracts with the beleaguered DCAA.
Defense
Homeland Security replaces head of Federal Protective Service
Gary Schenkel had been under fire from Capitol Hill after a series of reports uncovered security gaps at federal buildings.
Oversight
Report finds interagency contracts rife with inefficiencies
Agencies spend $60 billion annually on multiple award and enterprisewide contracts that often are duplicative.
Defense
Report: Gun accidentally fired in Energy Department training session
Contractor did not have adequate safety controls in place, inspectors say.
Oversight
Tech firm’s use of 8(a) status questioned
Small Business Administration IG finds goods and services for owner’s other companies were billed to Alaska native firm.
Defense
House committee rejects insourcing quotas
Measure bans “arbitrary goals” for bringing contracted work back into government.
Defense
Defense implements sexual assault rule
Contractors cannot use mandatory arbitration agreements to settle cases; provision includes waiver for national security.
Defense
Insourcing isn’t the only ingredient of workforce rebalancing
Procurement policy chief tells Senate committee he does not expect a tectonic shift away from the private sector.
Defense
Pentagon reports progress on anniversary of procurement reform law
Despite improvements, watchdog finds major programs still face requirements changes, software development challenges and workforce issues.
Oversight
Feds almost pay a price for porn
Republican language banning agencies from paying employees caught viewing explicit images on work computers unravels technology bill.
Oversight
Federal acquisition councils anticipate mandate to increase transparency
But the administration has not yet directed agencies to post contract documents online.
Oversight
Senators call for sanctions against contractors doing business with Iran
GAO finds seven companies with U.S. contracts also worked in Iran’s energy sector.
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