Fiscal 2017 starts Saturday; the Senate is expected to vote Tuesday on a short-term CR before sending it to the House.
Source: Federal Agencies Once Again Prepare For A Possible Government Shutdown – Management – GovExec.com
Competitive solicitations are evaluated based on stated criteria and each criteria is ranked in order of importance. Each of those criteria may contain sub-factors which themselves are ranked in order of importance. Besides rankings in importance, the criteria are also ranked in significance to other evaluation criteria. Thus a solicitation might provide something along the lines of the technical evaluation criteria are to be considered significantly more important than cost.
House members demand better data, more progress on curbing improper payments.
Source: OMB Will Revamp Payment Accuracy Website – Management – GovExec.com
All agencies would appoint new program improvement officers.
Source: House Clears Bill to Strengthen Program Management – Management – GovExec.com
Private industry and government came together to find best ways to deliver 21st century technology to federal agencies. On September 8, 2016 Administrator Denise Turner Roth of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) hosted the first-ever Technology Industry Day to provide a better understanding of GSA’s path to improve the government’s outdated technology systems. The event featured how GSA buys, builds and shares technology for the federal government. “The General Services Administration has a long history of being a strong leader in adopting technology in government,” said Administrator Roth when giving her opening remarks at GSA’s Technology Industry Day. In a moderated panel, the leadership team shared their insights about the future of GSA’s role in making it easier for agencies to create and buy technology. The panel included GSA Administrator Denise Turner Roth, Acting Technology Transformation Service (TTS) Commissioner
Source: GSA Hosts First-Ever Technology Industry Day in Washington, D.C.
Imagine the new National Museum of African American History and Culture closing just a week after its gala opening!
Source: Shutdown returns to the playlist
The Department of Energy (DOE) just released an update to a chapter in its “Acquisition Guide” that significantly expands on the criteria for determining the allowability of legal costs claimed as reimbursable by DOE contractors.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Energy Department Updates Guidance on Legal Cost Allowability
SBA all small mentor-protege program application instructions have been published by the SBA; applications are available starting October 1, 2016.
Source: SBA All Small Mentor-Protege Program: Application Instructions – SmallGovCon
DoD mentor-protege program changes are coming, as the result of the 2016 NDAA. The DoD recently proposed major changes to the DoD mentor-protege program.
Source: DoD Mentor-Protege Program: Major Changes Proposed – SmallGovCon
Multiple sources confirm that software giant Oracle will no longer sell directly or indirectly through the IT schedule program.
Source: Oracle to leave GSA schedule: A signal of broader change?