Acquisition
Obama: Give small businesses regulatory break
Obama directed agency officials to consider the economic effects of federal regulations on small businesses.
Digital Government
Brown-Dixon goes from GSA to SBA
A small-business guru and director of small business takes talents to SBA
People
Hurdles on the path to IT management reform
The Obama administration's plans to reform IT management are likely to run into some daunting -- but familiar -- difficulties.
People
Obama signs defense authorization bill
Lawmakers removed controversial provisions to ensure passage.
Acquisition
Officials urge vendor-neutral IT purchases
Officials have reminded agency purchasers about value-neutral IT purchases after a federal judge ruled that the Interior Department decided to buy software from Microsoft while other capable companies were interested in the work.
Digital Government
Lew sworn in as OMB director
This is Jacob Lew's second tour as director of the Office of Management and Budget; he held the post in the latter part of the Clinton administration.
Modernization
Google wins: Interior forbidden to award noncompetitive contract to Microsoft
Interior Department officials began considering awarding a contract to Microsoft too early in the contracting process, judge writes.
Cybersecurity
GSA fails to follow through with IT security, IG says
Auditors found weaknesses in database and operating system software that wasn't patched or securely configured and lax password management for database administrator accounts.
Digital Government
DOD gives new guidance on conflicts of interest
A new rule tells contracting officers to minimize the risk of conflicts of interests in a variety of ways without limiting the pool of potential advisers.
Cybersecurity
After the spending bill: What now?
What will happen to the new insourcing policies, proposed federal pay freeze and agency IT budgets, now that the Senate omnibus funding bill has been withdrawn?
Digital Government
Issa, Cummings will lead House oversight committee
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has a wide jurisdiction to track how programs are running and propose ways to fix problems.
Digital Government
McKeon, Smith to lead House Armed Services Committee
The panel's leadership will change as Republicans take control of the House in the upcoming Congress.
Acquisition
Senate has insourcing provision in spending bill
A major spending bill in the Senate would require agency officials to show their attempts to first convert jobs from contractors to federal employees before having the public and private sectors compete for the work.
People
Senate passes bill giving boost to Federal Acquisition Institute
Upgrading the institute and making sure it has enough money will ultimately lead to more effective oversight of government contracting, the measure's backers say.
People
Is your website user-friendly? Ask GSA.
The reviews can help agencies meet the new plain writing requirements and comply with transparency rules.
People
Sold to the lowest bidder: Reverse auctions play cost-savings role for agencies
Interest grows in reverse auctions as agencies look for efficiency and cost savings.
People
IT management reform: Here's the plan
OMB unveiled a 25-step plan to keep government programs from running into trouble.
Acquisition
The reinvention of insourcing
Experts say the program faces an uncertain future in 2011.
People
OFPP head urges acquisition leaders to lose fear of rules
Dan Gordon wants officials to be innovative in their approach to purchasing and bring contractors closer into the procurement process to get better results.
People
Agencies: Don't fear talks with contractors
Dan Gordon, top procurement policy official, is taking a myth-busting campaign to allay the fear of government-industry discussions and reassure federal workers that it's OK to talk.
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