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Denett: Agencies can compete more contracts
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy asks the acquisition council to create a group to boost competition for contracts.
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GAO says pre-award audits protect prices
Pricing tools can keep tabs on how much contractors' charge the government compared with other customers, the Government Accountability Office reports.
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Leaders say TWIC testing should be free
The chairman and ranking Republican of the House Homeland Security Committee oppose the 25 percent share of the cost of a program to test TWIC that DHS wants to charge port operators.
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SSA launches online retirement estimator
The Retirement Estimator links to a person’s actual Social Security earnings record, so the user does not have to manually key in years of earnings information, the agency states.
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Politics and bureaucracy hinder program performance
Agency managers face several obstacles to successfully leading large projects.
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DHS seeks cybersecurity capability info
The Homeland Security Department has requested information from vendors on how they can help the department with the EINSTEIN and TIC cybersecurity programs.
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IG: Disability claims caught between DOD, VA
The Veterans Affairs Department needs tighter controls and more oversight to accelerate claims processing for seriously disabled veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the IG finds.
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Field named deputy OFPP administrator
OFPP policy analyst takes a top position in federal acquisition
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Group honors GSA's IG, other whistleblowers
Government employees who exposed misdeeds are praised in a watchdog group's report.
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Buzz of the week: The art of the retirement speech
With so many government employees approaching retirement, we're beginning to hear many agency executives deliver truly inspiring exit speeches to friends, family and future agency leaders.
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Navy wants to be the decider
With its follow-on contract for NMCI, the Navy plans to take the lead on key decisions.
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OMB claims progress on HSPD-12
In its latest implementation progress report, the Office of Management and Budget says agencies have made significant strides .
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DOD is rechecking some purchases
A contracting panel finds problems with some Defense Department contracting documentations and sole-source acquisitions.
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GSA to add TIC to Networx contracts
Networx vendors will be able to offer services under the Office of Management's initiative after the General Services Administration modifies the contracts.
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Survey: Program managers need more support
Lack of training, insufficient executive support and poor policy design keep the those managers from successfully implementing programs, survey reports.
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