According to budget documents obtained by Federal News Radio, many agencies would see reductions to education, grant and research programs.
Source: White House details how it wants civilian agencies to cut $18B in FY2017 – FederalNewsRadio.com
Sean Moulton of the Project on Government Oversight shares what the feds can learn from how states handle similar information.
Source: Sean Moulton: States may have answer to procurement transparency – FederalNewsRadio.com
Organization, accountability and a willingness to partner with industry are necessary to improving federal IT acquisition.
Source: Experts say Congress, OMB must be involved to improve IT acquisition
John Gilroy hosts a round table discussion of FedRAMP and how its new goals will help agencies transition to the cloud..
Source: FedRAMP: What do new goals mean for you? – FederalNewsRadio.com
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said the resolution is part of a package, signed by President Donald Trump, to “roll back job killing rules.”
Source: Trump signs joint resolution to roll back ‘blacklisting’ rule for federal contractors
President Donald Trump is naming Jared Kushner, the assistant to the President and his son-in-law, to lead the new Office of American Innovation.
Source: New White House innovation office to take on federal acquisition – FederalNewsRadio.com
President Donald Trump wants to eliminate funding for 19 small, independent federal agencies, according to his fiscal 2018 budget blueprint. In total, these agencies would make a relatively small dent in the overall $1.1 trillion budget and would likely eliminate salaries for about 1,620 federal employees, a rough estimate due to the availability of data. Here’s a breakdown of what each of the 19 agencies do, how much they funding they received from Congress in fiscal 2016 and now under the current continuing resolution and how many full time people they employ. The numbers below show the most recently available data, in most cases from 2016 or 2015.
Source: 19 agencies on the president’s chopping block: How much would they save? – FederalNewsRadio.com
OPM released a new guidebook on how agencies should prepare for workforce reshaping efforts, and updated key documents on issuing administrative furloughs.
Source: OPM tells agencies how to get ready for workforce reorganization, furloughs – FederalNewsRadio.com
Mark Amtower discusses the contracting landscape with Nation Analytics founder Brian Friel and Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners.
Source: The Lay of the (contracting) Land – FederalNewsRadio.com
Robin Camarote, the co-founder of Federal MicroConsulting, offers some advice for how industry partners can ensure agency effectiveness.
Source: How industry can get more value out of its consulting contracts – FederalNewsRadio.com
