Feb 5th 2010
Government hires as private industry fires. But who and where?
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Jan 26th 2010
The administration wants to insource jobs that private firms have been performing and review of how agencies use contractors in view of long-term plans.
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Jan 4th 2010
Rob Burton brings the Daily Debrief team analysis on it's first Bold Prediction for 2010.
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Dec 21st 2009
The FY10 Defense Appropriations Conference Report includes a provision that would suspend all pending OMB Circular A-76 studies and conversions in the Department of Defense.
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Dec 21st 2009
Provision in 2010 omnibus spending bill requires credit checks on employees before giving them a government credit card. Law also requires agencies to create service contract inventories, and fully funds the E-Government Fund for the first time in eight years.
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Management,
Contracting,
Technology,
Pay & Benefits,
David Obey,
OMB,
OPM,
GSA,
DoD,
AFGE,
John Gage,
Omnibus spending bill,
E-Government fund,
Agency credit card,
Service contract inventory,
BRAC,
A-76,
insourcing,
Internet cookies,
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Dec 3rd 2009
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.
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Contracting,
Technology,
Soraya Correa,
Richard Spires,
DHS,
VA,
CIS,
EAGLE,
small business,
Project management,
Acquisition workforce,
insourcing,
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Nov 12th 2009
Nominee didn't offer a lot of specifics about his vision or priorities when it comes to acquisition reform or improvements. Gordon did address multiple award contracting and strategic sourcing. Lawmakers express concern that OFPP needs more staff.
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Management,
Dan Gordon,
Jeffrey Zients,
Joseph Lieberman,
Susan Collins,
George Voinovich,
OMB,
OFPP,
GAO,
Robert Burton,
Venable,
insourcing,
Acquisition workforce,
Multiple award contracts,
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Nov 11th 2009
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.
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Management,
Contracting,
best practices,
Matthew Blum,
Jeffrey Zients,
OMB,
OFPP,
DoD,
Defense,
Interior,
Stan Soloway,
Terry Raney,
Professional Services Council,
CACI,
insourcing,
Multi-sector workforce,
Acquisition workforce,
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Oct 29th 2009
The deputy director for management tells lawmakers the government will save $40 billion over the next two years. Zients also wants agencies to grow the acquisition workforce by five percent over the next few years. Lawmakers express some reservations about OMB's plans.
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Contracting,
Jeff Zients,
Claire McCaskill,
Susan Collins,
Tom Coburn,
OMB,
OFPP,
Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs,
Contracting Oversight,
Acquisition workforce,
A-76,
Inherently governmental,
insourcing,
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Oct 16th 2009
NASA CIO Linda Cureton tells FederalNewsRadio that the cloud platform moved quickly out of the pilot stage and into a full productions stage. Cureton also is reviewing the plans for NASA's multi-billion dollar IT support services consolidation contract, called I3P. She says a new schedule could be released as early as next week.
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Technology,
Contracting,
Linda Cureton,
NASA,
OMB,
GSA,
Cloud computing,
I3P,
Nebula,
Apps.gov,
insourcing,
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Jul 1st 2009
Is insourcing the solution for every agency at all levels of government? A panelist at the Senior Executives Association annual conference offers his ideas.
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Apr 3rd 2009
Legislation calls for high-level executive to oversee employee telecommuting
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Contracting,
Management,
Rep. John Sarbanes,
Rep. Stephen Lynch,
Sen. Daniel Akaka,
GSA,
OPM,
GAO,
telework,
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insourcing,
Inherently governmental,
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