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Multiple roles more help than hindrance, say agency CAOs
The Government Accountability Office looked at how agencies were complying with the Services Acquisitions Reform Act of 2003. It discovered that while many chief acquisition officers had assumed duties far beyond what the act intended, that might not be such a bad thing.
Tags: GAO , Bill Woods , CAO , acquisition , OFPP , Chief Acquisition Officer , management , In Depth , Michael OConnell
Effects of the SARA Panel Recommendations
Roger Waldron
Counsel
Mayer Brown LLP
November 18th, 2008
Tags: contracting , Roger Waldron , Mayer Brown , Larry Allen ,
Proposal would constrict use of certain contract types
The FAR Council issues a proposed rule to require agencies to justify the use of time-and-materials and labor hours contracts for commercial services. GAO found that agencies didn't understand the rules for buying certain types of services.
Tags: contracting , FAR Council , GAO , time-and-materials contracting , labor hours contracts , Jason Miller
