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Anti-leak policy could cost some feds their retirement
Federal employees working at intelligence agencies may be required to sign a contract stipulating that they would forfeit their federal pensions if they violated non-disclosure agreements. Attorney Bill Bransford explains that for us.
Tags: Federal Drive , pay and benefits , anti-disclosure , IC , Bill Bransford , Shaw Bransford & Roth , Suzanne Kubota
DCAA audit assistance explained
Effective immediately, DCAA will accept contracting officers' requests for audit assistance only for fixed-price proposals of more than $10 million and cost-type proposals worth more than $100 million. Tom Temin and Amy Morris explain.
Tags: Federal Drive , DCAA , DoD , Defense , Defense Contract Audit Agency
Grassley: DoD IG doesn't "follow the money"
Big changes are in the works for the Pentagon Inspector General's Office after a report from one of the top Republicans in the Senate finds billions of dollars in possible fraud and overpayments. The Project on Government Oversight receives a response from the DoD IG detailing a new approach to how it does business.
Tags: management , contracting , auditing , DoD , inspector general , Charles Grassley , Iowa , Ron Perlman , Holland and Knight , National Contract Management Association , Max Cacas
Blow the whistle, win some cash?
Reversed and remanded. That's where the case of a former Interior Department employee who blew the whistle sits. Bill Bransford gives us an update.
Tags: Federal Drive , management , pay and benefits , Interior , DOI , whistleblower , Robert Berman , Bill Bransford , Shaw Bransford & Roth , ethics , bribery , Suzanne Kubota
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 , OFPP , GSA , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , Senate Armed Services Committee , NIH , Scott Amey , Jim Williams , Alan Chvotkin , Professional Services Council , TechAmerica , multiple award contracting , GWACs , Jason Miller , Contract Overload
Contractor Misconduct Database updated
A government watchdog group finds multiple instances of documented misconduct by more than 6 in 10 of the government's top 100 contractors. Lockheed Martin topped the list from the Project on Government Oversight. Scott Amey, General Counsel and a contracting specialist for POGO, has details.
Tags: contracting , Scott Amey , misconduct
