Acquisition
VA launches probe of reverse auctions
Did official sidestep best practices by ordering a halt?
Acquisition
VA halts reverse auctions, citing 'violations' of contract hierarchy
Order comes despite more than $7 million in savings.
Acquisition
What's the most valuable small-business category?
Survey charts various small-biz set-aside categories to find the most valuable.
Acquisition
IG: DOD errs in verifying small businesses' status
More than 30 contracts that should have gone to companies owned by service-disabled veterans might not have, IG finds.
Acquisition
Administration tunes up contracting rules
Rule revisions tackle small business, cost-reimbursement contracts, multiple-award contracts, and small companies owned by women.
People
GSA: Reuse, recycle electronics, and avoid landfills
Federal agencies are banned from disposing of electronics in landfills or incinerators under new policy.
Acquisition
Bill would stifle contractors' responses to past-performance reviews
Proposed legislation would forbid companies from challenging assessments or even correcting errors, critics say.
Acquisition
GSA holds too much fee money, GAO says
GSA’s Schedules program averaged an excess of $62.2 million in revenue over program costs, before contributions to reserves, each fiscal year.
Acquisition
Survey says, contracting officers bow to auditors
Contractors are frustrated by the unwillingness of contracting officers to assert their decision-making authority.
Acquisition
Renfro named director of GSA's GWACs
Renfro has a long history in federal procurement, making her a match for the open director position.
People
Federal contract spending remained flat in 2011
OMB is optimistic that agency efforts to curb spending are the start of a trend, official writes.
Acquisition
Bill could turn contractors into lobbyists
If the Senate's STOCK Act becomes law, the rules under which agencies talk to contractors could be in for some significant changes.
Cybersecurity
IG: DHS improves management for non-competitive contracts
DHS officials completed more reviews of the different aspects of contracts awarded without a full-and-open competition.
Digital Government
Justice CIO heads to Deloitte
Van Hitch will advise agencies on long-term IT investments.
Acquisition
GSA to offer new way to buy complex services
The Integrations contract would address agencies' needs for professional services that span several types of areas that are often difficult to specify or quantify.
Digital Government
Lieberman, Collins have common sense, group says
Industry group says the pair are important players in the operations and management of federal procurement.
Acquisition
DOD wants boost to acquisition workforce fund
Defense Department seeks funds to make its acquisition workforce bigger and smarter.
People
Agencies face mean fitness instructor
Because of a congressional failure to cut funding strategically, agencies face a new weight-loss expert: Sequestration.
Digital Government
Budget encourages contractors' political contribution disclosures
The plan, aimed at preventing pay-to-play contracting, had drawn heavy opposition from Congress.
Acquisition
Budget bans disclosure of contractors' political contributions
The plan, aimed at preventing pay-to-play contracting, had drawn heavy opposition from Congress.
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