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IG enters search for acquisition employees
Severe shortages in the labor market have led the DOD IG to look for an acquisition talent coordinator.
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Schmidt: E-government expertise on tap
Google's CEO is always ready to share his insights with federal officials.
Acquisition
GSA awards $2.5 billion contract for contact center services
Nine companies win spots on the USA Contact contract, designed to help federal agencies set up contact centers quickly during emergencies.
Acquisition
Officials: Reconsider inherently governmental functions
Flexibility in defining the term leads to concerns about acquisition policies, procurement officials say.
Acquisition
Officials try to clarify acquisition rules
The proposal tries to ensure that the Federal Acquisition Regulation clearly reflects the Small Business Administration’s interpretation of the Small Business Act and precedence of small-business programs.
Acquisition
Denett: Bundling recommendations likely by May
Rep. Nydia Velázquez says OFPP has stalled on setting a policy on unbundling contracts.
Acquisition
Court stops work on $50 billion Alliant contract
GSA failed to give adequate weight to prices as it reviewed the 62 proposals for the 10-year, $50 billion contract, claims court judge finds.
Acquisition
Judge rules in favor of Alliant protesters, source says
Many of the protesters say the bid evaluations didn’t match the criteria in the Alliant request for proposals, and that GSA failed to treat each company equally.
Acquisition
GSA launches new initiative to help veterans
The 21 Gun Salute initiative aims to increase the number and percentage of agency contracting dollars going to businesses owned by service-disabled veterans.
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Sen. Lieberman wants congressional research to be public
He is urging Sen. Dianne Feinstein to make unclassified CRS reports available on a public database, where the reports would be automatically posted after CRS publishes or updates them.
Modernization
GAO disputes savings reports
Auditors find Forest Service lacked data to prove it complied with spending limits.
Acquisition
Officials debate disclosure of executives' pay
A bill that proposes that executives of some government contractors would have to submit their salaries to a public database has met opposition.
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DHS seeks new workforce formula
The department's chief procurement officer says he will change the formula officials use to determine the appropriate number of acquisition workers.
Acquisition
Lawmaker opposes agencies proving their own discrimination
Rep. Nydia Velázquez also said SBA's proposed rule would excessively reduce the number of industries for which woman-owned small businesses could receive set-aside contracts.
Acquisition
Law requires agencies to ask contractors about health benefits
Each proposal an agency receives must include information on the cost for health and retirement benefits for the prime contractor’s and the subcontractor’s employees.
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GAO: Forest Service falls down on competitive-sourcing job
Also, the USDA agency couldn't provide statistics to support its claim that it saved more than $38 million between 2004 and 2006.
Modernization
Some agencies must plan for TIC initiative, officials say
Limiting government Internet connections seen creating challenges.
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FedSource has problems with DOD task orders, IG says
The Treasury Department’s acquisition service made mistakes when it helped the Defense Department make purchases in fiscal 2006, according to a report from DOD’s inspector general.
Digital Government
IT budget request focuses on savings
Army Corps of Engineers scales back spending by consolidating 56 installations.
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