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The most important Federal news stories of the week as selected by Larry Allen of the Coalition for Government Procurement, and Federal News Radio\'s Tom Temin.
July 02, 2010 -
Administrator Gordon says strategic sourcing is one way to ensure the government gets the lowest price and to consolidate existing contracts. Gordon also wants agencies to submit business cases for new multi-agency contracts, but doesn\'t commit to asking agencies to justify all types of multiple award contracts.
July 01, 2010 -
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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.
June 15, 2010 -
The Professional Services Council is concerned that agencies could misinterpreted the policy letter as a mandate to insource. PSC\'s Alan Chvotkin explains why.
June 10, 2010 -
Daniel Gordon, Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, joins host Larry Allen this week. Encore Presentation
June 01, 2010 -
Director of Acquisition and Sourcing Management shares ideas to implement OMB insourcing guidelines.
May 25, 2010 -
Audit agency calls for business cases to justify new multiple award contracts, and a database listing all existing contracts. Sen. McCaskill plans to hold a second hearing on interagency contracting in June.
May 25, 2010 -
The proliferation of multiple award contracts across the government has reached a tipping point. The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is on a listening tour trying to figure out how to tame this unwieldy beast. In our special report, Contract Overload, Federal News Radio\'s Jason Miller explores all sides of this complex issue. What is the cost to industry to continually bid on these contracts? How do these costs get passed to agencies? Why do agencies believe they need their own MACs instead of using contracts provided by the General Services Administration, or other government-wide acquisition contracts? And, what, if anything, can OFPP do to reel in the explosion in redundant contracts?
May 20, 2010 -
Congressional staff members call the current MAC environment \"chaos.\" The administration will decide in a matter of weeks whether NIH should continue to run its CIO-SP3 governmentwide contract. OFPP administrator Gordon says several broad policy decisions must be made to address the challenges around multiple award contracts.
May 19, 2010 -
Rob Burton of Venable helps us answer that question, and tells us about a new program for small businesses.
May 17, 2010 -
OFPP defines critical functions that are considered core capabilities of agency employees. We get details from Administrator Dan Gordon.
May 07, 2010 -
The Office of Governmentwide Policy is collecting information on common agency procurement needs and workforce issues. The office is preparing for huge increase in funding for 2011 for training and hiring.
April 13, 2010 -
Office of Federal Procurement Policy Administrator Dan Gordon gives us a sneak peek at the future of contractor relations.
April 12, 2010