Acquisition
Recovery Act comes before other contracting work
Experts expect agencies to do less oversight of non-Recovery Act awards because of the increased workload associated with stimulus spending.
Acquisition
Federal Acquisition Service gets new acting commissioner
Steve Kempf will become acting commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service after current commissioner Jim Williams retires April 3.
Acquisition
GSA's Williams counters IG charge of lost savings
Williams said GSA has no evidence of a widespread problem of vendors submitting incorrect invoices.
Acquisition
OMB falls short on USASpending.gov data, GAO says
OMB has not included subcontracting award data on USAspending.gov and has no specific plan for collecting such data.
Acquisition
OFPP administrator attempts to draw clear lines
Gordon wants to make sure agencies will have no questions about what work should and should not be done by contractors.
Acquisition
VA seeks vendor to automate Agent Orange claims processing
The Veterans Affairs Department wants to hire a contractor by the end of April that can automate processing Agent Orange claims by September.
Acquisition
Procurement panel slams price reduction clause for services
The Multiple Award Schedule Advisory Panel offers 20 recommendations on how to improve GSA Schedules program.
Acquisition
Federal court gives HUBZone program priority
The Small Business Act makes it mandatory, not optional, to give HUBZone companies a preference over other small businesses, a judge rules.
Acquisition
GSA promotes veteran leader to acting deputy CAO
GSA's acting deputy chief acquisition officer has 33 years of experience at the agency, including 14 years' work at the acquisition policy office.
Acquisition
Tony Costa named GSA associate administrator
Costa will find areas where GSA can compile a package of agencywide services to offer its clients.
Acquisition
Note to DOD IG: "Assisted acquisition" does mean "provide help"
DOD IG guidance moves GSA's Office of Assisted Services in the wrong direction, subtracting rather than adding value for their government customers.
Acquisition
GSA administrator Johnson to speak at FOSE
Johnson, GSA's new administrator, will speak at 11 a.m. March 25 at the Washington Convention Center.
Acquisition
GSA's Drabkin heads to Northrop Grumman
David Drabkin will be Northrop Grumman's director for acquisition policy.
Acquisition
SBA proposed rule directs set-aside contracts to women-owned firms
A proposed rule is designed to help agencies award 5 percent of federal contracting dollars to women-owned small businesses.
Acquisition
Will contracting savings plans translate into budget cuts?
Blogger Steve Kelman believes that OMB should avoid inadvertently penalizing agencies that come up with aggressive plans for saving contracting dollars.
Acquisition
SBA tries again to help women-owned businesses get contracts
The Small Business Administration today proposed a procurement set-aside rule that would give women business-owners more opportunities in federal contracting.
Acquisition
SBA proposes subtraction rule to contracting goals
Agencies must subtract contract awards from small-business award totals if, even after the award, SBA concludes the firm isn’t eligible to be considered small
Acquisition