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Is your job in danger of being outsourced?
OMB has a new test.
Tags: mngt , contracting , OMB , Jason Miller , inherently governmental , outsourcing , FAIR Act
'Inherently Governmental:' Has the Debate Changed?
Federal News Radio told you yesterday about the OMB draft guidance defining "inherently government." We get analysis from former OFPP Administrator Al Burman.
Tags: mngt , contracting , inherently governmental , Al Burman , Jefferson Consulting ,
Stories of the Decade: Former OFPP official Burton looks back on 10 years of procurement
Former deputy administrator of the OFPP Rob Burton gives us his take.
Tags: management , contracting , procurement , Stories of the Decade , Rob Burton , Venable
OFPP asks for consolidated report on procurement data
A new memo from OFPP details changes to how agencies should submit information on contracting. A working group suggests three changes to what departments did previously. Agencies must submit their data by Jan. 5.
Tags: contracting , Lesley Field , William Woods , GSA , GAO , Federal Procurement Data System , Integrated Acquisition Environment
New rules for certain types of service contracts
Little-noticed order makes hiring incumbent workers mandatory
Tags: contracting , Barack Obama , Stan Soloway , robert burton , Larry Allen , Coalition for Government Procurement , service contracting , Service Contract Act of 1965
Insourcing debate heats up over agencies stealing employees
Industry experts charge that the Defense Department is targeting specific vendor employees to bring in house. Most of the Pentagon's actions are purely budget driven, industry says. OMB says insourcing is just one element of the broader management initiative of managing the multi-sector workforce.
Tags: mngt , contracting , best practices , Matthew Blum , Jeffrey Zients , OMB , DoD , Defense , Interior , Stan Soloway , Terry Raney , Professional Services Council , CACI , insourcing , Multi-sector workforce , acquisition workforce
Agency use of cost reimbursement contracts skyrockets, GAO finds
Auditors say agencies spent $136 billion on cost type contracts in 2008, up $16 billion since 2003. OMB wants to cut the use of these contracts by 10 percent in 2010.
Tags: contracting , management , Jeffrey Zients , GAO , OMB , Stan Soloway , Professional Services Council , Cost reimbursement contracts , Firms fixed price contracts , acquisition reform , FPDS-NG
White House makes push for agencies, contractors to hire people with disabilities
President Obama releases set of initiatives that includes a government-wide job fair and a new interagency task force to promote best practices. At the same time, GSA and the Access Board are updating the Section 508 requirements for technology.
Tags: technology , contracting , Terry Weaver , Tim Creagan , Karen Pica , GSA , OMB , U.S. Access Board , DoJ , OPM , Labor , EEOC , IDEAs Conference , Section 508
New FAR regulations create unintended consequences
Reporting has dramatically increased, but has the relationship between contractors and contract managers been damaged?
Tags: contracting , FAR , Rob Burton , Dorothy Ramienski
Strengthening the federal acquisition workforce
Because of the retirement of baby-boomers, the federal government faces the imminent departure of large numbers of senior staffers over the next 10-15 years. A Senate subcommittee is focusing on how that will influence hiring the next generation of federal contract and acquisition workers.
Tags: P&B , contracting , acquisitions , federal hiring , GSA , Daniel Akaka , George Voinovich , David Drabkin , Jeffrey Zeints , OMB , Martha Johnson
