The six-year procurement experiment that exempted TSA from Federal Acquisition Regulation rules has finally come to an end. After June 23, all of its procurements became subject to the FAR rather than to the Acquisition Management System rules used by the FAA.
SBA implemented a rule that became effective June 30, 2007, and requires companies that have been acquired to recertify their small-company status within 30 days of the deal closing. This rule has significantly altered transaction structures and valuations in the government services mergers and acquisitions market.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, wants DHS officials to make sure contractors do their job before the government pays them bonuses.
The State Department is preparing a request for proposals to purchase commercial software and systems integration services for a global payroll system.
A House appropriations bill in its early stages seeks to block use of the public/private competition system for a year and let the next president deal with the issue.
The Army has issued a request for information to determine the availability of various commercial translation systems that could be used in the global war on terrorism.
It's not just the members of Generation X and Generation Y who want instant gratification. A lot of veterans of the government contracting market share that trait.
Some in Congress believe the proportion of federal contracts that are competitivelyawarded has dropped precipitously even though competition levels are at about the same proportion today as they were 10 years ago.
