Acquisition
Despite more competition, single-bid contracts stay steady
Noncompetitive contracts declined from fiscal 2005 to fiscal 2009, but contracts receiving only one bid remained steady, GAO says.
Digital Government
GSA names chief financial officer
Alison Doone, currently the Internal Revenue Service's CFO, will assume the same position with the General Services Adminsistration.
Digital Government
Technology is changing marching orders for Army leadership
Army leaders believe future military operations will increasingly rely on a dispersed, decentralized force. Now they need to know how to lead in that environment.
People
Pentagon project seeks to streamline human-resource process
Defense Department officials are testing a new project on hiring and managing employees to change the process-oriented structure of personnel management.
People
Air Force must do better job of tracking risky agreements: IG
Air Force contracting personnel often failed to complete all necessary steps to protect the service before letting a contractor begin a project even though negotiations were still under way, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Acquisition
Education Department revamps obsolete acquisition regulations
Education Department officials are making the first large-scale revisions to their buying rules since President Ronald Reagan was in the White House.
People
Kathleen Druitt: A program manager at heart
Druitt was the driving force behind setting up the Recovery.gov and FederalReporting.gov Web sites.
Acquisition
GSA's IG warns of risky acquisition support
As contracting increases and the acquisition workforce doesn't grow, agencies are looking for backup.
Acquisition
DOD, Army Corps of Engineers falter on subcontracting metrics
The two agencies fail to find a number of reports on whether prime contractors met their goals for awarding subcontracts.
Cybersecurity
Officials hope unique identifiers will sharpen procurement data reporting
Agencies may have to develop a unique identifier for their contracts and orders under a proposal meant to improve the quality of federal data.
People
Unions fire back at Gates for insourcing about-face
The American Federation of Government Employees wants answers from Defense Secretary Robert Gates on how his plans to save DOD money will affect insourcing efforts and federal employees.
People
DOD officials concerned about awarding earmarked money
Defense procurement officials missed procurement fundamentals of competition and pricing when awarding earmarks, auditors find.
People
Senate bill would 'cap and trade' to cut federal employees
A Senate measure would require agencies to cap the number of full-time employees and then begin reducing those numbers.
People
Insourcing failed, DOD's Gates says. Now what?
Insourcing didn't bring in the savings that DOD officials had planned or hoped for, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said.
Digital Government
Gates details plans to slash DOD budget
In his aggressive efforts to save money, Defense Secretary Gates is targeting a number of DOD offices and organizations, including one major command, IT infrastructure and several senior positions.
People
Senators concerned about counterfeit parts
Recent reports on counterfeit electronics and IT products show increases in the number of incidents and inadequate policies to deal with the problem.
People
Grassley questions NSF's efforts to keep employees off adult Web sites
Employees at the National Science Foundation are accessing adult Web sites and not being disciplined, a whistleblower alleges.
People
Proposed legislation targets abuse of veterans' small-business program
A congressman wants to protect the government’s small-business program for veterans by requiring federal officials to verify companies before letting them into the program.
Acquisition
Agencies form a GWAC force
Governmentwide acquisition contracts are working to combat the growth of other contracts, but they face a tough road ahead.
People
Agencies' unique coding systems hinder Recovery Act oversight, official says
The board that oversees money from the stimulus law ran into an old problem: agencies doing things their own way and forgetting about unity, official says.
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