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Why government must change its management model
Bureaucracy is getting worse, not better. COVID-19 and the sudden shift to working remotely has accomplished something presidential initiatives, commissions and consultants failed to do — it’s forced...
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IRS offering up to $7 million to develop ‘data mashing’ tools in support of...
Using its experimental multiphase Pilot IRS contract vehicle, the agency issued a quickturn solicitation to improve data collection for a governmentwide effort to improve procurement. The IRS is using...
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Feds spend billions on COVID-19 contracts, often without fully competitive...
When nurses and doctors across the country were struggling to treat coronavirus patients without enough protective gear, and the federal government was scrambling to find those supplies, Quedon Baul...
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Project management and COVID-19 recovery: Lessons from previous disasters
The rapid outbreak of COVID-19 has prompted an unprecedented response from all levels of government, across the country and around the world. As part of this response, local, state, and federal...
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R.I.P. PPIRS
First things first: sorry about the title of this article. How contractor past performance information used to flow from CPARS through PPIRS and into FAPIIS. The longer, alternate title would have been...
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How to build high performing teams
The growing role of teamwork in the modern world raises a question: What factors contribute to team performance? A new study investigating the dynamics of teamwork suggests a major factor that predicts...
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GAO: National Nuclear Security Administration needs better contract oversight
Some of the field offices of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) aren’t using a key Energy Department IT system to track important management and operations contracts, an oversight the...
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OMB wants to strengthen a learning culture in government
Amazon, Apple and Google are examples of Fortune 500 companies that are known as learning organizations. They relentlessly pursue knowledge creation and transfer, leading to improvements in products...
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Federal acquisition shops shouldn’t wait for direction
The next few years may bring significant challenges for federal acquisition organizations. While most agencies will complete the fiscal year 2017 contracting cycle without facing major upheavals,...
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DHA achieves an acquisition first for the agency
The Homeland Security Department’s acquisition struggles have been in Congress’ crosshairs for years and were again highlighted in the Government Accountability Office’s High-Risk list this February. A...
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Evaluation of subcontractor past performance not required for FSS procurements
For Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) procurements, agencies are not required to evaluate past performance references of subcontractors, unless the solicitation provides otherwise. As one offeror recently...
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Energy Dept. updates its acquisition guide for management and operating...
The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) has updated its guidance for the administration of management and operating (M&O) contracts. M&O contracts are unique to DOE and central to the department’s...
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Georgia Tech climbs in world university rankings
The World University Rankings released today by Times Higher Education show the Georgia Institute of Technology has moved from No. 41 to No. 33, the highest ranking among Georgia’s academic...
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How to design contracts that deliver results
The “pay for success” movement in the non-profit world is starting to take hold at the federal, state, and local levels. But a prerequisite is having some way of measuring success — and ensuring that...
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Talking with a procurement icon about post-award contract management
Deidre (Dee) Lee entered the government in 1978 as a GS-4 contract specialist buying supplies at the U.S. military base in Okinawa. From there she rose up through the ranks, moving to NASA Johnson...
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How to manage for results
The federal government has been moving a long time toward a more results-oriented, performance-based mission approach—developing a strategic plan, setting clear objectives, defining necessary...
View ArticleOFPP initiates 360-degree reviews of the acquisition process
Vendors now can really tell agencies how they feel about their acquisition processes and procedures. The guidelines for Acquisition 360, a Yelp-like approach to rating the acquisition process, arrived...
View ArticleAT&L chief provides guidance on appropriate use of LPTA source selection
The Department of Defense (DoD) Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L) Frank Kendall distributed a memorandum to his department’s acquisition professionals on...
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DoD doesn’t know cost or performance of non-major acquisition programs, GAO says
The Defense Department doesn’t have the information to determine the cost or performance of its non-major acquisition programs, says a March 2 Government Accountability Office report. These non-major...
View ArticleAudit: HHS failure to screen Obamacare contract recipients cost taxpayers $400M
Not even good enough for government work. An internal investigation into how the federal government awarded contracts for developing and building the Affordable Care Act’s most important public element...
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