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A new effort at the General Services Administration will try to keep contracting decisions in the hands of contracting officers and keep management in the right...

Federal News Network Staff

April 22, 2014 5:54 pm

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A new effort at the General Services Administration will try to keep contracting decisions in the hands of contracting officers and keep management in the right oversight role. A report by the GSA Inspector General’s office in 2013 said management interfered with decisions by contracting officers. Tom Sharpe is the commissioner of GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service. He tells executive editor Jason Miller in an exclusive interview about the steps he’s taking to strike the right balance between management and contracting officers.