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Candid Thoughts on the Obama Administration

Steve Schooner
Associate Professor of Law and
Co-Director of the Government Procurement Law Program,
George Washington University Law School
April 21st and 28th, 2009

Tags: contracting , Obama administration , Steve Schooner

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FEMA takes steps to shore up acquisition

Quality, quantity of workforce making big difference for agency

Tags: contracting , Jake Hansen , Janet Napolitano , FEMA , DHS , inspector general

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St. Elizabeth campus not big enough for DHS

Agency requests $75 million in 2010 to consolidate leases in D.C. metro area. Acquisition and records management among other high ranking priorities in budget request.

Tags: management , technology , contracting , Elaine Duke , DHS , GSA , AFCEA , St. Elizabeths , data center , Acquisition interns , records management

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Defense acquisition on road to recovery?

DoD addressing long-standing shortcomings, including hiring 20,000 acquisition workers over the next five years. Reforms of the 1990s big reason for procurement problems, deputy secretary says.

Tags: mngt , contracting , William Lynn , Shay Assad , Rep. Michael Conaway , Rep. John McHugh , DoD , House Armed Services Committee , outsourcing

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More vendors gaining relief from protests

GAO's latest report finds contractors have a 1-in-2 chance to gain some type of relief from agencies when they protest a solicitation. Agencies turning more to alternative dispute resolution to help solve complaints. Bid protests expected to increase in 2010.

Tags: contracting , Mike Golden , GAO , DoD , Bill Shook , Marcia Madsen , Mayer Brown , Shook Doran Koehl , bid protest , alternative dispute resolution , budget

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DHS slows pace to add more oversight

Homeland Security will slow down, possibly stopping, some projects to make sure they are on target. DHS also applying increasing attention to EAGLE follow-on contracts, and reviewing whether the Department has the right mix of federal employees and contractors.

Tags: contracting , technology , Soraya Correa , Richard Spires , DHS , VA , CIS , EAGLE , small business , Project management , insourcing

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Insourcing debate heats up over agencies stealing employees

Industry experts charge that the Defense Department is targeting specific vendor employees to bring in house. Most of the Pentagon's actions are purely budget driven, industry says. OMB says insourcing is just one element of the broader management initiative of managing the multi-sector workforce.

Tags: mngt , contracting , best practices , Matthew Blum , Jeffrey Zients , OMB , OFPP , DoD , Defense , Interior , Stan Soloway , Terry Raney , Professional Services Council , CACI , insourcing , Multi-sector workforce ,

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Lawmakers calling for more procurement oversight at White House Summit

Sen. Carl Levin will introduce a bill requiring defense contracts to be reexamined if its cost increase more than 25 percent over its initial estimate.

Tags: contracting , Carl Levin , Joseph Lieberman , Susan Collins , John McCain , Janet Napolitano , DoD , DHS , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , White House , White House Summit ,

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OMB asks agencies to develop plans to grow acquisition workforce

OFPP issues two contracting memos today. One gives agencies help to evaluate how competitive their contracting process is. The second one asks agencies to develop a workforce plan to increase the number of acquisition workers by 5 percent by 2014.

Tags: contracting , management , Lesley Field , Jeffrey Zients , OMB , OFPP , Contracting guidance

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Partnership for Public Service: recruiting advice to correct for acquisition shortfalls

Tags: P&B , contracting , Parnership for Public Service , John Palguta , recruiting

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