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