Oversight

New GSA acquisition chief calls for government-contractor cooperation

Mindy Connolly aims to reduce the burden on industry and to develop better dialogue.

Oversight

Tax delinquency no impediment to contracts with IRS

As the revenue service reviews company delinquency claims, it continues to pay offending firms millions under contracts, report finds.

Oversight

White House officially begins government reorganization

Presidential memo directs top aides to look for ways to reduce duplication in trade and export agencies.

Oversight

Corporate leaders advise government on personnel, contracting issues

The new Management Advisory Board is working with the White House on operational management issues.

News

Office of Special Counsel nominee vows to boost morale

Carolyn Lerner tells Senate panel she'll focus on whistleblower rights and beef up investigations of veterans’ complaints.

News

GSA launches program to educate new and emerging contractors

The Business Breakthrough Program targets midsize firms that often slip through the cracks of some contracting programs.

Oversight

Army skeptical of fixed-price contracts

Service’s top acquisition official tells industry group he prefers cost-type contracts so that vendors share in the financial risk.

Oversight

The rocky road to reorganization, from Nixon to Obama

Management experts argue that overhauls of government usually fail and rarely result in cost savings.

Oversight

OMB not moving to implement ‘high road’ contracting policy

Heather Higginbottom, nominated as OMB’s deputy director, tells a Senate panel the controversial proposal isn't currently moving forward.

Defense

DHS awards fewest noncompetitive contracts ever

The department also manages these contracts better but could still improve documentation, IG finds.

Oversight

Report portrays SSA contract security guards as Keystone Kops

Inspector general auditors discovered guards on hourlong telephone calls, watching TV and absent from their posts.

Oversight

Lawmakers agree on getting rid of overlapping programs

But committee members differ on exactly where to begin responding to detailed report from GAO.

Oversight

Administration seeks help in selling off excess federal buildings

Seven-member panel of experts would examine status of 14,000 vacant facilities and 55,000 underutilized buildings.

Oversight

Subcommittee finds GSA public relations contract wasteful

Agency spent $234,000 for three-months’ communications help handling alleged contamination at facility.

Oversight

Bills target tax-delinquent feds, contractors

Measures would exempt companies and individuals working with the IRS on payment plans.

Oversight

Information on contractors’ past performance remains spotty

Agency officials must be more diligent about entering comprehensive reports, witnesses tell Commission on Wartime Contracting.

Oversight

Shutdown? What shutdown?

If the broader government closes up shop, some self-funded agencies will be immune to the effects.

Oversight

GSA names new acquisition chief

Mindy Connolly has been a policy analyst at the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.

Defense

Wartime contracting commission details years of waste

Panel recommends more oversight and additional resources to restore government capacity.

Oversight

Contractors would share the pain of a government shutdown

Veterans of past closings advise firms to talk with acquisition officials to prepare for the possibility of halting operations.

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