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Countdown: $100B in Pentagon savings, Petraeus confirmed
The most important Federal news stories of the week as selected by Larry Allen of the Coalition for Government Procurement, and Federal News Radio's Tom Temin.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Federal News Countdown , Tom Temin , Larry Allen , DoD , David Petraeus , Dan Gordon
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 , Claire McCaskill , Scott Brown , GSA , GAO , NIH , NASA , DHS , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , Interagency contracting , multiple award contracting , schedules , GWACs , Jason Miller
OFPP's proposals could change federal contracting
WFED's Jason Miller reports.
Tags: management , Jason Miller , Capitol Hill , DorobekInsider , contracting
OFPP previews the future of in and outsourcing
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is recommending all agencies use only the definition of inherently governmental as defined in the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act, and create a test to determine whether other jobs should be done only by federal employees. OFPP's Dan Gordon has details.
Tags: Federal Drive , contracting , Dan Gordon , inherently governmental , Alan Chvotkin , Professional Services Council , insourcing , outsourcing
'Inherently Governmental' still too fuzzy say contractors
The Professional Services Council is concerned that agencies could misinterpreted the policy letter as a mandate to insource. PSC's Alan Chvotkin explains why.
Tags: Federal Drive , inherently governmental , insourcing , contracting , Professional Services Council , Alan Chvotkin
A candid discussion with a procurement policy honcho
Daniel Gordon, Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, joins host Larry Allen this week.
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Tags: contracting , Dan Gordon , Larry Allen , procurement , acquisition
GAO's John Needham on smooth insourcing
Director of Acquisition and Sourcing Management shares ideas to implement OMB insourcing guidelines.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , contracting , management , insourcing , John Needham , Congress , GAO , DHS , OPM , Jeff Neal , Dan Gordon , Chuck Grimes
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 , Claire McCaskill , Ed Towns , Darrell Issa , GAO , GSA , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , MACs , GWACs , Interagency contracting , Jason Miller , Contract Overload
Intro: Are multiple award contracts out of control?
The proliferation of multiple award contracts across the government has reached a tipping point. The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is on a listening tour trying to figure out how to tame this unwieldy beast. In our special report, Contract Overload, Federal News Radio's Jason Miller explores all sides of this complex issue. What is the cost to industry to continually bid on these contracts? How do these costs get passed to agencies? Why do agencies believe they need their own MACs instead of using contracts provided by the General Services Administration, or other government-wide acquisition contracts? And, what, if anything, can OFPP do to reel in the explosion in redundant contracts?
Tags: contracting , acquisition , GWAC , Contract Overload , Jason Miller
Contract Overload, part 3: OFPP ready to set tone for the future of MACs.
Congressional staff members call the current MAC environment "chaos." The administration will decide in a matter of weeks whether NIH should continue to run its CIO-SP3 governmentwide contract. OFPP administrator Gordon says several broad policy decisions must be made to address the challenges around multiple award contracts.
Tags: contracting , Dan Gordon , Molly Wilkinson , Peter Levine , GSA , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , Senate Armed Services Committee , NIH , Scott Amey , Jim Williams , Alan Chvotkin , POGO , Professional Services Council , TechAmerica , multiple award contracting , GWACs , Jason Miller , Contract Overload
