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Federal Acquisition Regulation
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Beebe: Cloud services will force acquisition reform
"Cloud first" cannot reach its full potential without changes to federal acquisition policies, said Hank Beebe, chief information officer for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
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
Bill would increase federal small biz goals, penalize SESers for falling short
Legislation being proposed Jan. 31 by the chairman of the House Small Business Committee would increase the governmentwide small business prime contracting goal by two percentage points, to 25
SDB proposed change is a non-issue
There's some confusion going around about a routine administrative update to the Federal Acquisition Regulation regarding the use of price evaluation adjustments for small disadvantaged businesses
Users will see no difference with NGEN, says Hendricks
Users should see no difference when the Navy Department finally switches off its massive Navy/Marine Corps Internet (currently incarnate as the Continuity-Of-Service Contract ) and turns on its
DHS services acquisition could be improved, says GAO
A Government Accountability Office look at services acquisition at the Homeland Security Department and a handful of other major agencies finds that DHS has a policy closely aligned with acquisition
GAO IDIQ protest authority a necessary safeguard
Agency procurement officials don't like protests, it's well known. And they especially didn't like it when Congress in 2008 voted to grant the Government Accountability Office authority to hear
Fixed price contract usage down, says OFPP
Governmentwide usage of fixed price contracts decreased slightly as a percentage of total contractor spending during the last fiscal year when compared to adjusted figures from the year before, says
FAR Council appears to question GAO IDIQ bid protest authority
The Federal Acquisition Regulation Council appears in a July 5 interim rule to dispute the Government Accountability Office's assertion of authority to hear indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity
Spotlight: Comment period on proposed OCI regs extended a month
The comment period on proposed new governmentwide organizational conflict of interest regulations has been extended by a month to July 27. The regulations would permit contracting officers to rule
