A new policy framework from the Government Accountability Office concludes that acquisition success depends on instituting best practices in four broad areas, including data management and security.
Six congressmen have asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate whether David Safavian, who was arrested last week, used his position to influence contracts while he was administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
The Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget by the end of the December will have answers to some of the biggest questions surrounding the lines-of-business consolidation initiatives.
The FBI's Deputy CIO and business process management executive Robert Garrity will receive feedback from bureau officials on what their main lines of business are and how the processes could be improved.
David Safavian, administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, today was arrested at his home in Alexandria, Va., on charges of obstructing a federal investigation and making false statements under oath, the FBI confirmed. He resigned from OFPP Friday, sources confirmed.
A final rule mandates that contractors must affix the devices on tags or pallets to improve "visibility of DOD assets in the supply chain, increase accuracy of shipments and receipts and reduce the number of logistic 'touch points' in order to decrease the amount of time it takes to deliver material to the warfighter."
Lockheed Martin Corp. will set the path for how the government will store, maintain and make available electronic records at the National Archives and Records Administration.
The committee will be made up of 20 members and will provide recommendations on the development, implementation and use of the Electronic Records Archive system.
The General Services Administration has released a request for information and will hold an industry day to describe its needs for electronic directory services.
Before agencies can detail employees or accept private-sector workers, they must develop departmentwide plans and written agreements, as well as meet other eligibility criteria.
In the two years since the Office of Personnel Management revamped how the federal government posts job listings and accepts resumes online, USAJobs.gov has received more than 130 million unique visits and 1.5 million new resumes.
Industry is voicing cautious optimism about the General Services Administration's plans to reorganize and consolidate its purchasing management, but Congress could delay the agency's action.
The final plan comes a little more than two months after the agency issued a draft plan that was criticized by Capitol Hill, the administration and industry.
Monster Government Solutions won a new deal late last week to run the USAJobs.gov Web site after an Office of Personnel Management recompete for the contract.
