The Obama administration has set in motion a set of guidelines and initiatives that figure to undo many Bush administration outsourcing efforts. But OMB officials want agencies to insource jobs based on strategic plans, not just to fulfill administration ideals.
The department has struggled to make decisions on whether to exclude companies from federal work and then notify its various offices about the decisions.
Steve Kempf's 18 years in the Federal Acquisition Service give him the experience with and understanding of the program's customers, GSA officials say.
Danielle Germain, chief of staff at the General Services Administration since June, is leaving due to the time it's taken to get a permanent administrator in place.
Acquisition Services Directorate launches the Electronic Servicing Environment as a secure way for clients to monitor in real-time AQD’s handling of their projects.
States and local governments may get access to the General Services Administration’s schedules program so they can get ready for an oncoming disaster, according to a new bill.
Twenty-four federal agencies have identified $19 billion in savings on contracts for fiscal 2010—which puts the White House on track to meet a goal of $40 billion in savings by fiscal 2011, according to the Office of Management Budget.
A new purchase award through the GSA’s SmartBUY program will give federal, state and local government agencies access to a suite of geospatial software tools.
A spending bill headed for passage would require inventories of services contracts to show agencies’ reliance on the private sector and how agencies could save money by insourcing.
The Homeland Security Department's second attempt to integrate its financial systems is more than a year behind the original schedule, according to a new GAO report.
The Homeland Security Department’s Office of Procurement Operations is looking at contracts that include some performance-based items as a way to meet governmentwide requirements to reduce spending on contracts considered to be high risk.
A NARA office wants to establish a standardized process through which some highly sensitive data could be released under special agreement to foreign-owned or controlled contractors.
