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Union concerned that passport jobs could be contracted out
August 5, 2008 A federal employee union has asked the State Department to declare the jobs of 1,400 passport workers inherently governmental and therefore outside the reach of contractors. The request from the National Federation of Federal Employees, which represents workers in State's passport services division, was prompted by the publication of the ...
Prime Time For E-Verify
August 1, 2008 Contractors will have to check their employees immigration status, but is the system ready? For the past decade, E-Verify has been a useful, albeit scarcely used, tool for public and private sector employers to check the immigration status of new hires. Originally known as the Basic Pilot/Employment Eligibility Verification Program, ...
Report of Defense audit scandal makes waves
July 28, 2008 Recent findings that managers at a Defense Department oversight agency improperly intimidated auditors have caused a ripple effect at the Pentagon, where officials are seeking an inspector general review, and on Capitol Hill, where a Democratic senator has called for disciplinary action against the supervisors involved. On Friday, the Defense ...
Competition in contracting remains steady
July 24, 2008
FROM NEXTGOV
The top-spending federal agencies used a competitive process to award nearly two-thirds of their contract dollars in fiscal 2007, representing little change from the previous two years, the Office of Management and Budget reported this week. Comment on this article in The Forum.Of the more than $414 billion in contracts ...
Procurement leaders go back to basics as administration winds down
July 24, 2008 Chief procurement executives, whether they are career officials or political appointees, will have their hands full during the next few months. With the clock counting down to the presidential transition, and with it, a new set of procurement priorities, acquisition leaders have plenty they still want to achieve -- and ...
Competition in contracting remains steady
July 24, 2008 The top-spending federal agencies used a competitive process to award nearly two-thirds of their contract dollars in fiscal 2007, representing little change from the previous two years, the Office of Management and Budget reported this week. Of the more than $414 billion in contracts issued last year by these agencies, ...
Defense measure could steer billions toward contractors
July 23, 2008
FROM NEXTGOV
Federal contractors could reap billions from earmarks in the fiscal 2009 Defense authorization bill, according to a Government Executive analysis of data provided by a nonprofit group. Comment on this article in The Forum.The House version of the bill includes nearly $10 billion in earmarks, the analysis of data from ...
Contractors improperly influenced Defense audits, GAO finds
July 23, 2008 Managers at a key Defense Department oversight agency threatened a senior auditor with personnel action if he did not remove negative findings from a report criticizing a large federal contractor, according to a new report published Wednesday by a government watchdog. The scathing report by the Government Accountability Office found ...
Defense measure could steer billions toward contractors
July 23, 2008 Federal contractors could reap billions from earmarks in the fiscal 2009 Defense authorization bill, according to a Government Executive analysis of data provided by a nonprofit group. The House version of the bill includes nearly $10 billion in earmarks, the analysis of data from Taxpayers for Common Sense, a budget ...
Defense earmarks went beyond mission, IG says
July 21, 2008 Members of Congress appropriated more than $18 million in Defense Department earmarks in fiscal 2007 for projects that either were not needed or failed to support the Pentagon's mission, according to a report released on Friday. The Defense Department inspector general reviewed 219 earmarks, each valued at less than $15 ...
