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Intelligence community redefines inherently governmental
ODNI bringing work back into agencies and reducing contractor workforce.
Tags: contracting , Dennis Blair , ODNI , OMB , U.S. Chamber of Commerce , inherently governmental , outsourcing , IARPA , cybersecurity
Congress tells agencies to check creditworthiness of employees
Provision in 2010 omnibus spending bill requires credit checks on employees before giving them a government credit card. Law also requires agencies to create service contract inventories, and fully funds the E-Government Fund for the first time in eight years.
Tags: management , contracting , technology , pay and benefits , David Obey , OMB , OPM , GSA , DoD , AFGE , John Gage , omnibus spending bill , E-Government Fund , Agency credit card , service contract inventory , BRAC , insourcing , Internet cookies
Contractors: From Valley Forge to the Pentagon
Some experts say there are now six federal contractors for every federal employee. So is that a bad thing? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has another take on the issue.
Tags: P&B , Mike Causey , contracing , inherently governmental
86ing A-76?
Tags: P&B , job competition , Derrick Dortch , outsourcing
A-76 privatizations on pause
The FY10 Defense Appropriations Conference Report includes a provision that would suspend all pending OMB Circular A-76 studies and conversions in the Department of Defense.
Tags: Defense , outsourcing , insourcing , mngt , DoD
Defense bill nudges toward outsourcing
Several outsourcing-friendly provisions made their way into the Defense authorization bill approved by the House of Representatives last week. The bill would lift a moratorium on public-private competitions via the A-76 process in DoD, and expresses the sense of Congress that DoD should insource only those jobs which are inherently governmental.
Tags: DoD , contracting , industry , OMB , inherently governmental , insourcing , outsourcing , competition , Lexington Institute , Center for Strategic and International Studies , Defense Logistics Agency , Carlyle Group , Frank Finelli , David Berteau , John Conger , Redding Hobby , Dan Goure , Jared Serbu
Bill would reform A-76 outsourcing process
Sen. Mikulski and Rep. Sarbanes introduce legislation to change the way agencies outsource jobs and determine what are inherently governmental functions.
Tags: contracting , industry , Barbara Mikulski , John Duncan , John Thune , OMB , OFPP , inherently governmental , outsourcing , insourcing , Jason Miller , John Sarbanes
Is DoD ignoring lessons learned from insourcing?
The Defense Department has been trying to improve efficiencies and cut costs by using both competitions with the private sector and High Performance Organizations (HPOs), a solution based in-house rather than on a public-private competition.
Tags: contracting , management , insourcing , outsourcing , HPO , DoD , GAO , John Pendleton , Dorothy Ramienski , DorobekInsider
GAO sees more bid protests in 2009
The agency received more complaints last year than in any of the previous eight years. GAO also came to a final decision on more cases in 2009 than the year before. More agencies and vendors also are turning to alternative dispute resolution to solve their differences, GAO finds.
Tags: contracting , GAO , SBA , TSA , bid protest , alternative dispute resolution , task order protest
Pres. Obama, Peter Orszag
Tags: outsourcing , Peter Orszag , OMB , earmarks
