Rep. Jason Chaffetz said he was warming up to the idea of the fund, but wants assurances that money will be spent wisely and receive a return on investment.
Source: Opposition to $3.1B IT Modernization Fund begins to thaw | FederalNewsRadio.com
The space agency released its entire source selection document for why it chose SAIC over CACI for a $447.8 million award.
Source: NASA’s transparency on acquisitions is a lesson others should heed | FederalNewsRadio.com
House lawmakers are set to release the second scorecard grading agencies implementation of the FITARA and progress across all four categories is limited.
Source: Agencies still not making the grade with IT reforms | FederalNewsRadio.com
The Senate Armed Services Committee continues pushing for acquisition reform in the 2017 defense authoritarian bill.
Source: Contracting reform tops list of Senate NDAA acquisition changes | FederalNewsRadio.com
Attorney Steven Koprince joins host Mark Amtower to discuss the hot issues in small business contracting.
Source: The latest in small business contracting | Mark Amtower | FederalNewsRadio.com
A small business advocacy group is suing the the Small Business Administration for what it calls “creative accounting” and misrepresentation of federal contracting goals.
Federal contracting associations PSC and ITAPs say lowest price technically acceptable is the wrong process to use when evaluating ENCORE III bidders.
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is trying really hard to educate agencies and vendors alike about what exactly category management really is.
The heated debate about Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) government contracts has followed a fairly steady script for several years, with vendors arguing that the technique is being improperly used on a widespread basis and is stymying innovation; the government replying that there is no LPTA mandate and that the issue’s somewhat overblown.
Source: House wants new study of LPTA contracts | Jared Serbu | FederalNewsRadio.com
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