Acquisition
Outsourcing: The 'critical function' controversy
The former deputy administrator of procurement policy office says the new term will swing open the gate for more insourcing in the federal government.
People
OFPP keeps classic definition of fed-only work
OFPP keeps the inherently governmental function definition 'intimate,' but leaves much discretion about jobs closely associated.
Acquisition
Obama: Faster payments to small contractors
The president urged Congress to pass his debt reduction proposal.
Acquisition
Bill would void, stop contracts with U.S. enemies
Wartime Contracting Commission report considers problem of payoffs in enemy lands.
Cybersecurity
Stories of 9/11: A conference table, a sheet of paper and TSA
Patrick Schambach, the sixth employee hired at the Transportation Security Administration, recalls the daunting task of building an agency from scratch.
Modernization
Next GSA networks chief will step into new telecom world
As Karl Krumbholz retires, the government is being hit by multiple forces that are shaping the transition to the future. His successor will have new frontiers to tame.
Digital Government
GSA's Karl Krumbholz announces retirement
In a blog post, he said GSA officials put him on a temporary assignment until the end of the year, and for now, Frank Tiller will manage the day-to-day responsibilities of the agency's networks services program.
Modernization
A nation at war after 9/11: From experiment to experience
John Sklinar, a senior manager in an elite Army communications division, recalls how he got a new job the day the airplanes hit the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
Modernization
Committee finds manual processes in automated systems
“Agencies employ a tangled web of disparate manual processes to generate the data,” according to the House committee.
Acquisition
DOD urged to speed up small-biz contracting
With just a few weeks left in fiscal 2011, Leon Panetta warned that DOD is falling short of its departmentwide small business contracting goal.
Modernization
Army plans 2012 release of major IT contract
The contract, ITES-3H, will support the Army’s requirements for commercial hardware and more.
Modernization
DOD wants its contracting offices under one roof
Defense agencies have interpreted acquisition regulations with a lot of variation, a carryover from the days of when contracts were written primarily on paper.
Acquisition
DOD: Wartime contracting reforms underway
Defense officials say they have toughened prosecution of fraudulent contractors and boosted the department’s overall acquisition workforce, including contract managers.
Digital Government
White House opens up to the public's petitions
A new online forum lets the public create, and also sign, petitions tht seek action from the government.
Acquisition
Defense Department revisits its acquisition history
The department is seeking a fact-checker and editor to undertake major revisions of a book series titled "History of Acquisition in the Department of Defense."
Digital Government
Not on Networx yet? Prepare to pay.
Time is almost up for agencies to get GSA reimbursement for Networx transitions.
Acquisition
Labor toughens hiring rules for service contractors
The theory is that the government can continue operations more smoothly when a successor service company hires the previous company's employees.
People
Official clarifies costs, affordability aspects of products
DOD's acquisition under secretary was clearing up confusion about two ideas that he introduced into the defense acquisition process in 2010 to control costs.
Cybersecurity
Irene helps FEMA prove itself again
Public officials all along the East Coast are praising FEMA's preparedness and response to Hurricane Irene -- in sharp contrast to public opinion after Katrina.
People
Feds already sacrificed to shrink deficit, union says
A federal employee labor union points to contractors, outsourced work and federal employees' sacrifices as the congressional "supercommittee" hunts for areas to reduce the deficit.
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