People
Performance metrics useless without good management, OMB's Zients told
The government should not get lost in devising management reporting systems and forget that getting good managers is most important, a House committee chairman says.
People
Companies tasked with checking employees' conflicts of interest
Contractors would have to keep tabs on their employees who are working in agencies' acquisition offices.
Acquisition
Acquisition workforce has OFPP nominee's attention
Federal spending has increased by 163 percent since fiscal 2000, while the number of contracting officers hasn’t kept pace.
People
New rule targets award fees
A new rule could discourage contractors from competing for award-fee contracts by raising their level of risk, experts say.
Acquisition
Gordon reiterates Obama's push for transparency
The clock is ticking while the Senate considers Daniel Gordon, President Barack Obama's nominee to be administrator for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. While Obama took several months to choose Gordon and the confirmation process is still ongoing, the administration has been dealing with a range of acquisition challenges and reform efforts.
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Federal procurement nominee outlines agenda
Gordon tells a Senate committee he would emphasize the acquisition workforce.
Acquisition
Insourcing can create synergy between missions and personnel
Insourcing is one tool agencies can use to build a strong organization that has its main missions in mind, experts say.
People
GSA starts training to end misuse of schedules contracts
Task orders have become the primary means that agencies use to buy things, but procurement officers don't always understand the regulations, officials say.
People
As NSPS ends, employees wait for what's next
Details about how DOD's pay-for-performance system will end—and what will replace it—are still being worked out, experts say.
Acquisition
Senators skeptical about Obama acquisition reform plan
The Obama administration expects agencies to save $40 billion by fiscal 2011 through better acquisitions.
Acquisition
OMB says agencies must boost competition in contracting
Civilian agencies must consider new ways to promote more competition in their contracts, the Office of Management and Budget said today.
People
Senate committee forms task force on performance management
The group will study ways for agencies to work more efficiently.
Acquisition
Schedule 70 IT sales flat in 2009
Schedule 70 IT sales remain flat but steady because of many more options for services contracts, experts say.
People
Senate bill would kill DOD performance pay, curtail sole-source contracts
The act would end the government's pay-for-performance system used for about 200,000 federal employees.
Acquisition
Snowe urges SBA to start contracting program for women
Agencies have exceeded small-business contracting goals with recovery act money, although women-owned small-business category hasn't met its goal yet.
People
2.0 takes hold in the acquisition community
Acquisition 2.0 is about thinking differently and considering new approaches to operations. The ultimate goals are more efficiency and better results.
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Acquisition 2.0 in action
These tools will help innovate and streamline processes by providing a more collaborative environment for decision-making, experts say.
Acquisition
Justice needs technology support
The department is considering as many as 15 contracts on a multiple-award contract along with a possible small-business set-aside.
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