Oversight
Senate panel to probe Alaska native contracting preferences
Oversight subcommittee is collecting data about the business practices of Alaskan firms for a July hearing.
Oversight
Report recommends crackdown on excessive printing
Survey finds federal employees waste $440 million annually printing documents they throw out the same day.
Oversight
OMB tells states how to recoup costs of administering stimulus
Memo encourages use of State-wide Cost Allocation Plan flexibilities.
Oversight
Administration projects strong stimulus job growth
White House report estimates the Recovery Act will save or create 6.8 million temporary jobs by the end of 2012.
Oversight
Administration renews effort to dispose of excess property
Proposal would allow agencies to keep all money from the sale of unwanted property.
Oversight
Administration boosts funding to replace private debt collectors
Budget proposes an increase of $332 million for tax enforcement compliance program.
Oversight
Lawmakers question GSA’s capacity to handle stimulus projects
Public Buildings Service is receiving $5.5 billion for construction and environmentally friendly upgrades.
Oversight
Stimulus watchdog optimistic about reining in waste
Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board Chairman Earl Devaney says he didn’t “go into this thing thinking it’s going to fail.”
Oversight
House and Senate bills target agency spending
Legislation introduced by Democratic members could revive elements of the Bush administration’s PART initiative.
Oversight
Bill gives state and local governments more stimulus flexibility
Legislation would allow funds to be used for oversight and contract management.
Oversight
States, localities could get access to GSA schedules for stimulus spending
House chairman plans to introduce cooperative purchasing bill for Recovery Act dollars.
Oversight
Final 2010 budget blueprint supports military-civilian pay parity
Language encouraging agencies to identify and eliminate poor-performing federal programs gets axed from the bill.
Oversight
New nonprofit to focus on acquisition reform
The FAIR Institute will develop solutions based on federal and commercial best practices.
Oversight
Budget amendment directs agencies to trim wasteful spending
Senate version of the fiscal 2010 budget blueprint includes a provision requiring agencies to report to Congress on inefficient federal programs.
Oversight
Lawmaker proposes funding for states to oversee stimulus
House committee chairman will introduce bill to provide money, separate from the pool of $787 billion recovery funds, to state watchdogs.
Oversight
Private sector experience could serve performance czar well
Jeffrey Zients was successful at firms that conduct customized research on best practices in health care and financial management.
Oversight
Report questions ballooning use of cost-plus contracts
Value of projects awarded under the risky arrangement has nearly doubled in the past eight years.
Oversight
Private sector zips past government in Recovery Act tracking
One company already has built a Web site it claims tracks all federal, state and local stimulus spending.
Oversight
Proposed rule increases oversight of program aiding disadvantaged businesses
Proof of contractors’ eligibility in the HUBZone program would be required under the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
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