The Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System database contains details on the federal contractors' reliability and history of work with the government.
Rep. Gerry Connelly (D-Va.) thinks IT management and procurement are issues Democrats and Republicans can embrace. He wants hearings on insourcing federal work and poaching contractors' employees.
Columnist Stan Soloway says the best way to weather the coming years of government austerity is for agencies and contractors to collaborate on the best and most cost-effective solutions.
The Defense Department relies heavily on contractors, but can't get an accurate count on the contractors it employs, a GAO report says. Workforce management decisions suffer.
Long-time industry observer Jim Kane explains how changing market dynamics will give a competitive advantage to nimble and agile contractors over larger competitors.
A revised rule on contractors' internal controls have differences in definitions, which can bring about unintended consequences, and problems with excessive payment penalties due to resources.
Officials have reminded agency purchasers about value-neutral IT purchases after a federal judge ruled that the Interior Department decided to buy software from Microsoft while other capable companies were interested in the work.
VA takes on the potential for fraud by requiring companies provide documentation that they are veteran-owned small businesses before they can win set aside contracts.
In a major revision, the new rule on organizational conflicts of interest tells contracting officers to minimize the risk of conflicts in a variety of ways, but in doing so, not limit the pool of potential advisors with broad restrictions.
What will happen to the new insourcing policies, proposed federal pay freeze and agency IT budgets, now that the Senate omnibus funding bill has been withdrawn?
