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Contracting officers too close to vendors, says chairman

Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , contracting , Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Co , DCAA , DoD

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Air Force ‘impressed' with EADS, Boeing in tanker mixup

The general overseeing the Air Force's investigation into a November incident that sent competitors' data to rival bidders said Thursday that she was pleased with the companies' handling of the situation. The Pentagon remains convinced that the accidental disclosure will not affect the outcome of the $35 billion acquisition.

Tags: DoD , contracting , Congress , Air Force , Boeing , EADS , Wendy Masiello , John McCain , Jared Serbu

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Senate committee not convinced by SIGAR's testimony

Arnold Fields, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, failed to convince his congressional critics that he's qualified to handle his watchdog job.

Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Arnold Fields , SIGAR , Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Co , Scott Brown , contracting , management

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Law takes aim at Alaska contracting loopholes

Sen. Claire McCaskill's legislation would take aim at privileges for Alaska native corporations.

Tags: contracting , Alaska Native Corporations , Jolie Lee , Senate Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight

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FAR Council seeks input on changes to 8(a) program

The council will hold three meetings with Alaskan Native and Native American vendors to seek their ideas on how best to write new regulations for sole source contracts in the 8(a) business development program. Congress required new rules for when agencies can give these firms sole source contracts worth more than $20 million.

Tags: contracting , FAR Council , SBA , Alaskan Native Corporations , Native American firms , 8(a) program , sole source contracts , Jason Miller

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OFPP tries new approach to reign in MACs

Administrator Gordon says strategic sourcing is one way to ensure the government gets the lowest price and to consolidate existing contracts. Gordon also wants agencies to submit business cases for new multi-agency contracts, but doesn't commit to asking agencies to justify all types of multiple award contracts.

Tags: contracting , Dan Gordon , Steve Kempf , John Needham , Rick Gunderson , Scott Brown , OFPP , GSA , GAO , NIH , NASA , DHS , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , Interagency contracting , multiple award contracting , schedules , GWACs , Jason Miller

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Contract Overload: GAO finds continued problems with MACs

Audit agency calls for business cases to justify new multiple award contracts, and a database listing all existing contracts. Sen. McCaskill plans to hold a second hearing on interagency contracting in June.

Tags: contracting , Joseph Lieberman , Susan Collins , Ed Towns , Darrell Issa , GAO , GSA , OFPP , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , MACs , GWACs , Interagency contracting , Jason Miller , Contract Overload

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Agencies selling to agencies getting some scrutiny from Sen. Claire McCaskill

Agencies are opening up more and more contracts to other agencies, making for an alphabet soup of acronyms for agencies and vendors.

Tags: contracting , management , best practices , George Washington University School of Law , Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight

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Susan Collins, Claire McCaskill, Bob Bennett, Inez Tenenbaum and CPSC

Tags: Susan Collins , Bob Bennett , Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act , Federal Acquisition Institute Improvement Act , Inez Tenenbaum , CPSC , Consumer Product Safety Commission , lead testing

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Debut: Contracting Oversight Subcommittee

Tags: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , Contracting Oversight Subcommittee , Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight ,

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