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Unions reacting to contracting changes memo

Unions and contractors are already making their feelings clear about the presidential memo.

Tags: contract , Professional Services Council , American Federation of Government Employees , President Barack Obama

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Analysis: Obama plan's pay cap for contractor execs is 'illogical'

The President said in a speech today that federal contractor executives are getting paid too much from the government.

Tags: Barack Obama , In Depth , Professional Services Council , contracting , executive pay

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Federal News Countdown: strike, union vote and budget constraints

Tags: Federal News Countdown , In Depth , Professional Services Council , Lisa Mascolo , Accenture

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Countdown: Election impact on feds, new data on fed pay

The Federal News Countdown welcomed Tim McManus of Partnership for Public Service and Stan Soloway of Professional Services Council.

Tags: Federal News Countdown , Francis Rose , In Depth , Professional Services Council , Tim McManus , Partnership for Public Service

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Contractors on Contracting Changes

Tags: contract , President Barack Obama ,

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Analysis: Intelligence contractors necessary, desirable

Do top officials know exactly how many people work under top-secret titles and what they do? We'll hear from the president of Professional Services Council.

Tags: DorobekInsider , Washington Post , Top Secret America , Professional Services Council

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PSC calls contracting provisions into question

The Professional Services Council details likes and dislikes of procurement language in the 2012 DoD Authorization bill.

Tags: contracting , industry , DoD , Roger Jordan , Professional Services Council , DoD authorization bill , service contracting , political contributions , Peter Buxbaum

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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 , Richard Ginman , Commerce , Trey Hodgkins , TechAmerica , Professional Services Council , DoD

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House votes to block contractor disclosure

Three members of the House and four members of the Senate introduce companion pieces of legislation to head off the White House's draft executive order requiring contractors to disclose political contributions.

Tags: contracting , industry , Susan Collins , Mitch McConnell , Lamar Alexander , Rob Portman , Darrell Issa , Tom Cole , Sam Graves , White House , political contributions , executive order , PSC , Jason Miller

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Draft executive order gives industry heartburn

White House is considering issuing an executive order that would require vendors to submit information about their political contributions as part of their bid proposal package. Industry associations say the proposal wouldn't keep political influence out of the acquisition process, but likely add it in. The administration claims the draft order is all about greater transparency and accountability.

Tags: contracting , industry , Jay Carney , White House , Susan Collins , Mitch McConnell , Trey Hodgkins , PSC , TechAmerica , political contributions , Disclose Act , Jason Miller

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