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Agencies could be liable for certain costs under sequestration
Agencies will be liable for many of the costs coming from the termination of contracts, including legal fees and employee compensation costs, if sequestration happens Jan. 2, 2013 and if vendors do not issue layoff notices this fall.
Tags: management , contracting , acquisition , OMB , DoD , Danny Werfel , Joe Jordan , sequestration , budget , Jason Miller
GAT Board to finish testing spending oversight tools this summer
In its second report to the President, the Government Accountability and Transparency Board updates progress on several pilots to implement three broad-based recommendations. DoD and HHS are reviewing how best to standardize spending data. OMB is developing a Statement of Spending to provide more transparency into how agencies spend their funds.
Tags: management , Danny Werfel , OMB , Recovery Board , GAT Board , oversight , transparency , Jason Miller
Obama appoints DoD acquisition policy chief to head spending watchdog
President Barack Obama announced he will appoint Richard Ginman, the director of Defense Department procurement policy, to chair the Government Accountability and Transparency Board (GATB), a spending and transparency watchdog. Ginman has served as the director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy (DPAP) for a little more than year.
Tags: Campaign to Cut Waste , oversight , GAT Board , RAT Board , DoD , DPAP , Earl Devaney , transparency
Agencies must cut service contracting by 15 percent
OMB will tell agencies to focus on management support service contracts and reduce spending by $6 billion. OMB said contracting for management support services grew at a faster rate than other types of contracting. The initiative is part of the administration's Campaign to Cut Waste.
Tags: contracting , Jeff Zients , Dan Gordon , OFPP , OMB , service contracting , management support services , Campaign to Cut Waste , Jason Miller , Commerce , Trey Hodgkins , Stan Soloway , TechAmerica , Professional Services Council , DoD
