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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 , acquisition workforce , budget
NARA makes headway in solving FOIA disputes
The Office of Government Information Services has impacted how agencies and citizens interact over Freedom of Information Act requests in its first year. Among the agency's first-year goals was to make people aware of its mission to act as an arbiter and help agencies implement best practices.
Tags: management , FOIA , NARA , David Ferriero , Miriam Nisbet , Sunshine in Government Initiative , Rick Blum , Max Cacas
GAO sees more bid protests in 2009
The agency received more complaints last year than in any of the previous eight years. GAO also came to a final decision on more cases in 2009 than the year before. More agencies and vendors also are turning to alternative dispute resolution to solve their differences, GAO finds.
Tags: contracting , GAO , SBA , TSA , bid protest , A-76 , task order protest
More agencies, vendors turn to ADR to solve contract disputes
GAO finds that the use of alternative dispute resolution is up by 25 percent in 2009
Tags: contracting , Mike Golden , Robert Gates , GAO , DoD , bid protests ,
