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OFPP calls for Fed to contractor ratio analysis
A new memo from the Office of Federal Procurement Policy gives agencies until June to determine whether the number of contractors performing services is appropriate. First, however, agencies must develop a service contract inventory and make it public. OFPP said for agencies to initially focus on professional and management services and technology services.
Tags: contracting , industry , Dan Gordon , OFPP , service contract inventory , insourcing , Jason Miller
Analysis: How to define 'inherently governmental'
Francis Rose is joined by industry leaders and federal employees in an effort to parse out the lines of distinction.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Barbara Atkin , Al Burman , Angela Styles , In Depth Conversation
Inherently governmental: the debate continues
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , contracting , Commission on Wartime Contracting , Michael Thibault , Suzanne Kubota
Wartime commission plans for a first hand view
The proper role and oversight of more than 40,000 private security contractors supporting U.S. operations were examined and debated in two days of hearings by the federal Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Michael Thibault, commission co-chair, explains the debate and tells us what's next.
Tags: Federal Drive , contracting , Commission on Wartime Contracting , Mike Thibault , Suzanne Kubota
OFPP previews the future of in and outsourcing
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is recommending all agencies use only the definition of inherently governmental as defined in the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act, and create a test to determine whether other jobs should be done only by federal employees. OFPP's Dan Gordon has details.
Tags: Federal Drive , contracting , Dan Gordon , OFPP , Alan Chvotkin , Professional Services Council , insourcing , outsourcing
'Inherently Governmental' still too fuzzy say contractors
The Professional Services Council is concerned that agencies could misinterpreted the policy letter as a mandate to insource. PSC's Alan Chvotkin explains why.
Tags: Federal Drive , OFPP , insourcing , contracting , Professional Services Council , Alan Chvotkin
Congress, Pres. Obama and U.S. Military Authorities in Afghanistan
Tags: Barack Obama , Robert Gates , F-22 , budget cuts , Afghanistan , outsourcing ,
