Safavian makes Page One

Some other writings out there:* From the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) : * :There are others in the and many other .Despite Government Executive's and POGO's take, former OFPP administrator and FCW columnist Steve Kelman earlier this year for showing procurement leadership. Kelman is out of the country at the moment, so I have not been able to touch base with him about this. I do know that other folks that I know in the procurement world were shocked. The OFPP post doesn't usually get this kind of attention, needless to say. Hence the WP's description.This is one of those stories where we have to focus on what it means to you -- FCW readers. The big guys will be focusing on the Abramoff connections and related stories. We are working on our ongoing coverage right now, but one of the big issues that arises is what it all means to procurement. As I mentioned yesterday, there is a lot of upheval in the procurement world right now. Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) is toying with the idea of leaving the House; the General Services Administration is in the process of reorganizing; and now the administration's top procurement person is arrested. Meanwhile there is a growing chorus of people questioning the procurement flexibilities that agencies have been given. Some of those issues are not IT related -- the Air Force/Boeing issue, for example. But changes will impact IT procurements.An aside -- from the 'enough about me, what do you think about me' file -- FCW was scheduled to have a sit down with Safavian a few months ago, but OMB pulled out at the last minute. We had described it as a sit down with FCW's editorial board -- the senior editors of the pub. That freaked them out. I don't think it had anything to do with these issues because, to be very honest, I didn't know about the Abramoff connection.I have already heard the conspiracy theories bubbling up, but given GSA's role in procurement and GSA's ongoing reorganization, which we hearing is not going all that smoothly, there needs to be a strong leader at OFPP.