Federal Acquisition

Federal Acquisition PDF

Author: John P. Hutton

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2008-11

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 1437900143

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A growing portion of federal spending is related to buying services such as administrative, management, and information technical support. Services accounted for about 60% of total FY 2006 procurement dollars. The Services Acquisition Reform Act (SARA) of 2003 established a Services Acquisition Advisory Panel to make recommendations for improving acquisition practices. In Jan. 2007, the panel proposed 89 recommendations to improve fed. acquisition practices. This report determines how the panel recommendations compare to past work and identifies how the Office of Fed. Procurement Policy expects the recommendations to be addressed. Includes recommendations. Charts and tables.

Federal Acquisition: Oversight Plan Needed to Help Implement Acquisition Advisory Panel's Recommendations

Federal Acquisition: Oversight Plan Needed to Help Implement Acquisition Advisory Panel's Recommendations PDF

Author: John P. Hutton

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2008-07

Total Pages: 15

ISBN-13: 1437901646

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A growing portion of federal spending is related to buying services such as administrative, management, and information technical support. Services accounted for about 60% of total FY2006 procurement dollars. The Services Acquisition Reform Act (SARA) of 2003 established an Acquisition Advisory Panel to make recommendations for improving acquisition practices. In Jan. 2007, the panel proposed 89 recommendations to improve federal acquisition practices. The author was asked to testify on how the panel recommendations compare to his past work and identify how the Office of Federal Procurement Policy expects the recommendations to be addressed. Charts and tables.

Federal Acquisition

Federal Acquisition PDF

Author: United States Government Accountability Office

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-01-24

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 9781984136329

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Federal Acquisition: Oversight Plan Needed to Help Implement Acquisition Advisory Panel Recommendations

Federal Acquisition

Federal Acquisition PDF

Author: United States Accounting Office (GAO)

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-05-16

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 9781719190350

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Federal Acquisition: Oversight Plan Needed to Help Implement Acquisition Advisory Panel's Recommendations

Contracting Reform

Contracting Reform PDF

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13:

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Contractor Integrity

Contractor Integrity PDF

Author: John K. Needham

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 1437939384

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This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. In performing agency tasks, contractor employees often require access to sensitive information (SI) that must be protected from unauthorized disclosure or misuse. This report assesses the: (1) extent to which agency guidance and contracts contain safeguards for contractor access to SI; and (2) adequacy of governmentwide guidance on how agencies are to safeguard SI to which contractors may have access. To conduct this work, the auditor met with officials at 3 agencies selected for their extensive reliance on contractor employees, analyzed 42 of their contract actions for services potentially requiring contractor access to SI, and analyzed the Fed. Acquisition Reg¿n. re: governmentwide guidance on contractor safeguards for access to SI. Illustrations.

Recovery Act

Recovery Act PDF

Author: John K. Needham

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2010-11

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 1437936792

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The Recovery Act (RA) of 2009 provides funds to fed. agencies and states, which in turn may award contracts to private co. to carry out the purposes of the RA. Contracts using RA funds are required to be awarded competitively to the maximum extent practicable. This report examined the use and oversight of non-competitive contracts at the fed. and state levels. It determined: (1) the extent that federal contracts were awarded non-competitively; (2) the reasons five selected federal agencies DoD, DoE, HHS; NASA; and SBA awarded non-competitive contracts; (3) the oversight these agencies and their inspectors general provide for RA contracts; and (4) the level of insight five selected states have into the use of non-competitive RA contracts. Illus.