Office of Federal Procurement Policy

New analysis from GovConRx found agencies are giving vendors “satisfactory” past performance ratings more often than any other rating because the system is too burdensome and time consuming.

OMB submitted six legislative proposals to establish an Acquisition Modernization Test Board, and to bring defense and civilian agencies under the same rules.

In OFPP’s fourth version of its myth busters series, agencies can tell acquisition innovation fact from fiction and receive examples where those efforts are taking place already.

The nominations for Dale Cabaniss and Michael Wooten, the President’s picks to be Office of Personnel Management (OPM) director and Office of Federal Procurement Policy administrator, respectively, have advanced out of a Senate committee.

In today’s Federal Newscast, A bipartisan pair of lawmakers want to give some federal employees a new retirement flexibility.

Robert Burton, former deputy and acting administrator of the Office of Procurement Policy, joined Federal Drive with some advice for the next director.

The White House said President Trump intends to nominate Michael Wooten, the senior advisor for acquisitions at the Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid office, to lead the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.

The Coalition for Government Procurement and the Naval Postgraduate School found agencies were getting better deals through GSA Advantage than through pilots using Amazon.

In today’s Federal Newscast, in it’s annual report for 2018, the IRS’ Criminal Investigation division explained how it is maintaining enforcement despite not having as many agents as it used to.

OFPP has been without a permanent administrator for almost two years and with no nominee in sight, experts question whether having a Senate confirmed one matters any more.