As part of the implementation of reserves of multiple-award contracts, the proposed rule removed the term “reserve” in the FAR where it is not related to reserves of multiple-award contracts. Keep Reading
Just over eight years after the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, or FedRAMP, was established, House lawmakers passed a bill that would codify the program in law, add annual funding for the next five years and mandate much-needed reforms. Keep Reading
With FedBizOpps shuttered and shifted to beta.SAM.gov, the General Services Administration is readying for the next major transition to its centralized federal contracting site. Keep Reading
Three federal agencies—the Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, and the Bureau of Prisons—spent over $50 million in FY 2018 on warehouses, many of which contain property (like vehicles, furniture, and computers). Keep Reading
Ronnie Simpkins pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge stemming from a scheme in which he accepted bribes from government contractors from August 2011 to August 2017. Keep Reading
As of August, the fund awarded $89 million to 7 projects. Agencies must repay awards and an administrative fee within 5 years. Keep Reading
The Government Accountability Office found GSA routinely meets its cost and schedule goals, but it does not report the projects’ final costs or how much project costs and schedules were revised. Keep Reading
The Trump administration’s controversial plan to merge most of the federal government’s HR agency with the General Services Administration appears to have been put on hold, at least for now. Keep Reading
OPM’s inspector general in May presented a critical assessment of the administration’s efforts to justify the GSA merger. Keep Reading
Diane Sahakian on shutdown lessons: "Having the right manpower to staff a lapse is very important.” Keep Reading