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Challenges utilizing COMPETES prize authority are just the beginning, says White House
In the first 8 months since prize authority for government-sponsored challenges was expanded under the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 , five agencies launched seven challenges under the new prize statute, according to a progress report from the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
More than $1M in questionable spending at CFC, finds OIG
A new audit may cause federal employees to think twice before they give to the Combined Federal Campaign, the government’s sole authorized philanthropic fund-raising drive. Federal employees...
Martha Johnson's resignation from GSA
The inspector general report (.pdf) that led former General Services Administrator Martha Johnson to resign on April 2 contains shocking examples of government waste. The federal officials who...
Insourcing savings difficult to predict
Insourcing saved the Homeland Security Department $2.3 million since mid-2010, a DHS official said, even while counterparts at the Defense Department said their initial estimates of cost savings to...
Martha Johnson out after GSA spending scandal
Martha Johnson, head of the General Services Administration, resigned (.pdf) April 2 in the wake of an inspector general report said to detail a GSA training conference in Las Vegas that cost...
Not too much competition in too many places, says GAO
Overall, the Defense Department finds it easier to have the private sector compete for services contracts than for product contracts, according to data from the Government Accountability Office. In a
Adventures in telework at GSA and USAID
A month-long stretch where an entire office must work elsewhere is one strategy to encourage a more mobile workforce, said Steve Kempf, commissioner of the General Services Administration's Federal
The simplified acquisition procedures reauthorization Catch 22
Periodically, it's not uncommon to see a perfectly-formed bit of Catch-22 shaped logic fall from the Washington, D.C. superstructure. While not unusual, it's good nonetheless to poke at the fallen
Simplified acquisition procedures pilot authority expires
Federal authority to make contracts worth between $150,000 and $6.5 million under simplified acquisition procedures expired Jan. 1 in what federal and congressional officials each say is an oversight
Agency financial reporting improves somewhat
Federal officials say agencies are making some progress in implementing the robust accounting practices, effective internal controls and reliable financial reports that will help them make better
