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Obama to nominate former SBA official Jordan to head OFPP
President Barack Obama announced Friday his plans to nominate Joseph Jordan, a former Small Business Administration official, to head the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
Tags: Joseph Jordan , OMB , OFPP , Jeffrey Zients , Dan Gordon , Heidi Shyu
House bill aims to increase subcontracting transparency
A bill introduced in the House aims to increase the subcontracting transparency and pass-through contracts to large companies.
Tags: House , Mick Mulvaney , contracting , transparency ,
OMB gives more details on agency consolidation plan
President Barack Obama will send Congress a bill in the coming weeks to reinstate the president's authority to consolidate agencies, said Lisa Brown, the Office of Management and Budget executive leading the government reform effort. She said the bill would require proposals to "reduce the number of agencies or save costs."
Tags: Congress , government reorganization , Lisa Brown , OMB , Commerce , small business , Emily Kopp , trade
Bill to increase agencies' small contracting goals
The chairman of the House Committee on Small Business is introducing two bills today aimed at increasing small business contracts in government, including bumping agencies' small contracting goal from 23 percent to 25 percent.
Tags: Sam Graves , Congress , contracting , House
Small biz trying to get piece of DoD procurement pie
The Pentagon has been under pressure to spend less, and that urgency is growing, as the threat of automatic-cuts looms.
Tags: John Shoraka , contracting , acquisition , DoD , Congress
Think tank calls for a federal Department of Competitiveness
Jonathan Sallet, a partner with the law firm O'Melveny and Myers and the report's co-author, joined The Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss what such a department would look like.
Tags: Jonathan Sallet , Center for American Progress , Commerce , management , government reorganization , Federal Drive , innovation , contracting
Analysis: White House reorg plan could leave out agencies' functions
The White House is taking a new step toward reducing duplicative government programs and reorganizing agencies. John Kamensky of the IBM Center for the Business of Government and Ira Shapiro, an international trade lawyer, give analysis on the recent administration proposals.
Tags: John Kamensky , IBM Center for the Business of Government , management , government reorganization , OMB , Commerce , Federal Drive , HHS , Ian Shapiro
What does SBA's elevation to Cabinet mean for small business?
Guy Timberlake, the chief visionary officer at the American Small Business Coalition, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the recently announced federal reorganization. Specifically, what will change on a day-to-day level — for agency employees and small-business owners — with the elevation of the Small Business Administration, to a Cabinet-level post.
Tags: Commerce , federal reorganization , In Depth , Francis Rose , Guy Timberlake , American Small Business Coaliton , small business
Obama elevates SBA to Cabinet announces business website
As part of a sweeping government reorganization first unveiled nearly a year ago, President Barack Obama announced the elevation of the Small Business Administration to a cabinet-level agency.
Tags: Karen Mills , government reorganization , Barack Obama , Commerce , BusinessUSA.gov
OFPP calls for more micro-purchase spending with small firms
A new memo from OFPP and OMB tells agencies to improve training to buy more from small businesses through the government charge card.
Tags: contracting , acquisition , OFPP , OMB , Dan Gordon , Karen Mills , Danny Werfel , micro-purchase threshold , government charge card , GSA , Small business contracting , Jason Miller
