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Congress easily OKs bill for vets, contractors
Tags: contracting , Senate , Congress , veterans , acquisition , 10 percent withholding
Shrinking budgets remain most important acquisition issue
Jan Frye, the deputy assistant secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department's Office of Acquisition and Logistics, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris live from the conference to discuss the big issues in contract management.
Tags: Jan Frye , VA , NCMA , 2011 GCMC , contracting , acquisition , acquisition workforce , industry , budget
House to repeal law withholding contractors' taxes
The House is expected to approve a measure repealing a law that withholds 3 percent of government contractors' payments. The original law was enacted in 2006 to ensure contractors paid their taxes. But it's seen its implementation delayed until 2013, and it has grown increasingly unpopular with both Democratic and Republican lawmakers.
Tags: acquisition , contracting , Congress , House , Eric Cantor ,
Agencies more aggressive in suspending, debarring contractors
A new report from an interagency committee shows departments have increased the number of contractors suspended or debarred by at least 150 from 2009 to 2010. The Army, DLA, DHS, EPA and OPM have debarred more vendors than other agencies over the past two years.
Tags: industry , Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee , OMB , suspension and debarment , contractor oversight , Jason Miller
WH threatens veto of contractor tax repeal over offsets
The White House is threatening to veto a bill that would repeal the 3 percent tax withholding on government contractors because of the spending cuts attached to the legislation. The Senate version of the bill would cut $30 billion in government spending to pay for repealing the tax, which the White House says is too much.
Tags: acquisition , Congress , House , Senate , Jack Moore
Bill would require greater use of strategic sourcing
The Acquisitions Reform Bill would require more robust use of Federal Strategic Sourcing vehicles — which allow the government to consolidate its shopping lists and buy in bulk, rather than have each agency pursue its own procurements.
Tags: acquisition , Scott Brown , Joe Lieberman , Susan Collins , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Commitee , strategic sourcing
CBO finds cancelling vendor withholding would increase deficit
The bill to repeal a requirement that governments withhold some payments to vendors would add more than $11 billion to the deficit, according the Congressional Budget Office. A key House committee has already passed the bill.
Tags: CBO , contracting , House Ways and Means Committee , Ruben Gomez , TechAmerica , Dave Camp , Olga Grkavac , industry , withholding fee , Congress
Prime contractors must notify agencies of sub switches under new SBA rule
A new Small Business Administration rule would require prime contractors to notify agency contracting officers when there's a change in subcontractors from the original bid. Kenneth Dodds, an SBA attorney, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss how the new rules would affect contractors and agencies.
Tags: acquisition , acquisition workforce , SBA , kenneth dodds , Federal Drive
Navy takes lifecycle view of energy costs in acquisitions
The Navy is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to find alternatives to fossil fuels. A parallel effort aims to engrain energy efficiency into the way the service buys the ships and planes it will own for the next few decades.
Tags: DoD , Energy , Navy , alternative energy , acquisition , jim thomsen , jo decker , terry blake , Ray Mabus , green government , Jared Serbu , DoD Report
FAR Council wants to standardize privacy training for vendors
A proposed rule would ask contractors to track the training received by employees who work on federal systems.
Tags: FAR Council , industry , Privacy Act , Federal Register , Jason Miller
