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GAO asks to insource or outsource?

October 9, 2009 - 9:29am

John Needham
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To insource or outsource? That's been a more important question since President Obama's memo last March expressing concern about the level of agencies reliance on outside contractors.

And, of course, Congress has asked agencies - with the exception of DoD - to put guidelines in place regarding how contracts are awarded.

The General Accountability Office has just released a report that takes a look at how various agencies are doing.

John Needham is GAO's Director of Sourcing Management Issues and a co-author of that report.
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