Federal Acquisitions and Contracting : Systemic Challenges Need Attention

• Author: United States Government Accountability
• Date: 01 Jan 2011
• Publisher: Bibliogov
• Original Languages: English
• Format: Paperback::32 pages
• ISBN10: 1240707444
• ISBN13: 9781240707447
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VA and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) acquisitions comply with Federal and VA acquisition policy. Recurring systemic deficiencies in contracting practices increased the risk that contracts awarded were not in the best interests of the Department, and increased the risk that Federal Procurement Policy Act requires each agency to designate a competition advocate to promote competition and challenge barriers to cornpetition in agency acquisitions. The competition advocate's responsibihties, which are described in FAR Subpart 6.5, include preparing an annual report. The Government Accountability Office announced it’s adding the federal government’s security clearance process to its High-Risk “Our objective for the High-Risk List is to bring attention to policymakers of the need for not only with respect to systemic challenges … Contracting Officer (CO): A Federal employee delegated authority pursuant to FAR 1.6 and applicable Federal Acquisition Regulation. Proactive contract monitoring, especially attention to required delivery If you find the acceptance test procedures need revision, ask the Contracting Officer to modify the contract to incorporate the Get this from a library! Federal acquisition:ways to strengthen competition and accountability:hearing before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, July 17, 2007. [United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.] AFSCME Privatization Update Information from AFSCME's research librarians on the federal procurement spending rose over 80%, no-bid and other contracts awarded without full and open competition increased over 100%, and contract ← Federal Acquisitions and Contracting: Systemic Challenges Need Attention Public Asset Common Problems with Acquisitions. Written Gregory Steffens for Gaebler Ventures. Growing a business acquiring other companies is a popular business strategy. However, there are many problems with acquisitions that you'll need to be sure to avoid. For example, many providers haven’t yet tapped social media to build relationships with their customers. This will need to change, especially as patients begin to shop for healthcare the way they shop for cars or electrician services— searching the Internet, looking for quality metrics and patient reviews, and comparing prices. Government Contracting Opportunities for Green Businesses Laws and regulations now require federal agencies to purchase 'green' (biobased, recycled content, and energy efficient) products. This guide helps vendors who supply green products compete for federal contracts. Management Concepts delivers training that provides you with the knowledge, skills, and real-world application you need to take control of your career. The path to success begins with you. Managers of contracting organizations face challenges when it comes to their unique is critical to the success of Federal contracting personnel. • What federal agency leaders need to know about the key aspects of federal acquisition • Acquisition challenges facing agency leaders • Strategies to overcome these challenges A majority of federal agencies rely on products purchased through contracts for mission success. DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to require contractors and subcontractors to report to the Government-Industry Data Exchange Program certain counterfeit or suspect counterfeit parts and certain major or critical nonconformances. Top Management Challenges Facing the Federal Trade Commission.OIG Report No. OIG-19-03 September 27, 2019.The FTC will need to maintain resources and ensure it has effective processes, including regular contractor reviews, to ensure proper The Acquisition Branch’s ability to execute critical acquisitions such as expert. The potential is enormous. To grasp a brighter future, however, we need to realize that we have the power to change for the better. The current approaches to how government manages its people are not carved in stone. We need fresh thinking to address the issue of how the public sector delivers value. The recent wave of mergers and acquisitions in the financial institutions all over the developed nations has also taken its toll in Malaysia. Factors such as globalization, liberalization and information technology developments have contributed to the need for a more competitive, … The 2019 GMU–DAU Government Contracting Conference brought together professionals from government, industry, and academia for a day-long conference to examine some of the major issues facing the community today. This discussion explore new alternatives in Federal contracting, including Other Transactions, prizes or challenges, and management attention in this area will be important to the organization’s including contracting out more services and incurring debt to obtain • The ATO is taking a number of positive steps to address legacy challenges in system acquisitions and organizational culture that have affected the Federal contracting assessments and citations of federal labor law violations selected federal contractors:report to congressional requesters. To be sure, community banks have their challenges. Economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis calculate that, in 2016, compliance costs once again increased over the prior year, from $5.0 billion to $5.4 billion. And the survey suggests that recent federal mortgage regulations might … FEDERAL ACQUISITIONS AND CONTRACTING Systemic Challenges Need Attention Highlights of GAO-07-1098T, a testimony before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate In fiscal year 2006, the federal government spent over $400 billion for a wide variety of goods and services, with the Department of managers and contracting officers, as well as the overall methods which incentive prize and challenge competitions are structured, executed, evaluated, and documented. When these two factors are combined, transitioning an incentive prize or challenge competition result to a Government procurement becomes inefficient and arduous. Report to Congressional Requesters. FEDERAL CONTRACTING Monitoring and Oversight of Tribal 8(a) Firms Need Attention.January 2012 GAO-12-84 United States Government Accountability Office Audit of FAS’s Use of the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Contract Vehicle Report Number A160025/Q/9/P17002 April 20, 2017 Why We Performed This Audit We performed an audit of the GSA Federal Acquisition Service’s (FAS’s) Office of the Assisted Acquisition Services’ (Assisted Acquisitions’) task orders awarded under One Suzi Inman serves as Acquisition Management Specialist/Contracting Officer’s Representative at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division, in Crane, Indiana. She is also Vice President for Membership and Chapter Organization for Federally Employed Women (FEW). Here is our Federal Spotlight interview. You also asked me to address the “Federal Hiring Process Improvement Act of 2009,” S. 736. I appreciate your and Senator Voinovich’s leadership in focusing attention on the persistent need to improve our hiring processes in the Federal Government, and your sponsorship of this … In all synopses announcing competitive acquisitions, the contracting officer shall indicate that the clause at 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. This may be accomplished referencing the clause number with the associated link. See PCD 19-03 for clause deviation to 1852.215-84, Alternate I. The concept Public contracts - United States - Management represents the subject, aboutness, idea or notion of resources found in Brigham Young University. systemic improvements that will result in meaningful and permanent change. Attention to this challenge is particularly Although protecting our people and assets is a constant challenge, this focus emphasizes the need for: • Providing safe and secure conditions for employees domestically and My preferred approach for achieving this objective would be to align the LISCC portfolio with our recent tailoring categorizations. I believe we should draw the LISCC line to coincide with Category I. The justification for this line-drawing is that Category I firms pose the most systemic risk and require the most supervisory attention. Deloitte’s Government & Public Services practice—our people, ideas, technology and outcomes—is designed for impact. Our team of over 15,000+ professionals bring fresh perspective to help you anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill your mission promise. Question 1: Please explain the contracting process in detail, from cradle-to-grave. Reason: In my opinion, this will indicate whether the candidate actually understands the acquisition lifecycle. Also, depending the level of detail that he or she provides in the response, it should give you some insight as to how involved they've been during the different phases. contracting-out, the separation of tracted attention (certainly in the academic literature), The challenges of evaluating systemic change How, then, should one begin the task of evaluating systemic change, and more particularly systemic change in the field of public management? Get this from a library! Federal acquisitions and contracting:systemic challenges need attention:testimony before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate. [David M Walker; United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.; United States. Government Accountability Office.] Federal Contracting and Acquisition: Progress, Challenges, and the Road Ahead; Less is More: Encouraging Greater Competition in Computer Software Procurement Simplifying the DFARS Licensing Scheme. Tempering 'Buy American' in the Recovery Act - Steering Clear of a Trade War. Federal Acquisitions and Contracting: Systemic Challenges Need Attention.the federal government spent over $400 billion for a wide variety of goods and services, with the Department of Defense (DOD) federal acquisitions and contracting, Federal acquisitions and contracting:systemic challenges need attention:testimony before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate, statement of David M. Walker Testimony of Governor Laurence H. Meyer To be sure, supervising large or diversified institutions presents challenges to the Federal Reserve in its oversight of bank holding creation of very large and diverse banking organizations relates to the potential effect of future banking problems on systemic risk and the federal safety net.

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