Acquisition
Ruling clouds future for buyers
Experts debate the potential impact of a GAO decision on small-business contracting.
People
New ethics rules require disclosure by contractors
Regulators take a mandatory disclosure approach to get companies to notify agencies about crimes against the government.
Acquisition
GAO rejects limits on task order reviews
The Government Accountability Office rejects the Army's assertion that contractors can't protest the service's award, only the initial solicitation.
Acquisition
Court ruling could affect future small-business set-asides
ormer official says the court's rationale could stretch beyond race to other socio-economic areas.
Acquisition
DHS seeks training for acquisition workforce
The department wants its workforce to grasp acquisition regulations in a complex environment.
People
Regulators put conflict-of-interest proposals on hold
Officials open new case for rules based on new requirements in a defense authorization law.
People
Agencies improve internal processes
OMB's latest score card shows that agencies made the greatest strides in commercial services management.
People
FISMA bill could add $150 million to agencies' costs
Meeting the legislation's requirements would take about four years, the Congressional Budget Office also estimates.
People
GAO offers tip line to detect fraud in small-biz programs
GAO's investigations division is looking into several small-business programs for potential abuses.
People
SBA, IG clash over regulatory details
Officials and auditors have differing views about HSPD-12's application to pilot programs.
Acquisition
Small-biz data may be unreliable
The government missed its small-business contracting goal for fiscal 2007 by less than 1 percent, but the Small Business Administration said the numbers were based on error-filled data.
People
GSA creates private network for transition teams
Teams will have computers, Internet access and e-mail through a virtual private network.
People
Is cost-plus debate off point?
Procurement experts say the real source of waste is not cost-plus contracting but contract mismanagement.
People
Briefing memos pull back curtains
Former feds distill little-known necessities of governing into simple terms for incoming political appointees.
People
Federal acquisition needs enterprise architecture, official says
That architecture takes a broad approach to considering how the massive system runs, the General Services Administration's acting administrator tells conference.
People
Government misses small-business goal
Agencies overall reached only one governmentwide socioeconomic small business contracting goal, SBA reports.
Acquisition
Varnado: GSA must prove its contracts' value
The new acting FAS commissioner wants to show agencies that using GSA is still a good deal.
People
Military to turn more officers into acquisition
Provisions of a new law require the Defense Department to recast acquisition as an exciting career field to attract the best officers.
Acquisition
Performance: Past is prologue
A company’s track record can count for a lot in future contracts — if federal agencies know what it is.
People
GAO reveals new authority over protests
Congress has given GAO the power to rule on protests of agencies' task and delivery orders, which were once off limits for the auditing agency.
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