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Military contractors perform inherently governmental functions

Contractors continue to perform inherently governmental services for military services, according to the services' own internal reviews, says the GAO.

Turco: SAM deployment likely to be delayed; GSA might replace DUNS

A General Services Administration effort to consolidate federal online acquisition systems will likely receive no development money during the current fiscal year, causing GSA officials to anticipate

Commerce Dept. efficiency savings 'questionable, unsupported, overestimated'

When a Commerce Department official said they saved $33.1 million through more efficient contracting during fiscal 2010, they were making claims that were "questionable, unsupported, or

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

OMB: Agencies must cut $5.97B from service contracting

Federal agencies must cut contractor spending in 15 categories by 15 percent, or $5.97 billion, by the end of next fiscal year, the White House announced July 7, saying the order is part of its "

Permanent Recovery Board not the road to greater transparency and oversight

A law to increase the transparency of federal spending should be a good thing. Unfortunately, bills proposed by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) to effectively

HUD fell the most short of small biz goals in fiscal 2009

When it came to the size of individual federal agency goals for small business contracting during fiscal 2009, none surpassed the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which said it would

Lockheed Martin dominates top 100 federal contractors in fiscal 2010 - UPDATED

Lockheed Martin is a behemoth--but you probably already knew that. Still, it's instructive every once in a while to re-learn how big a behemoth, and so the annual top 100 contractors report posted

OFPP adds FPDS reporting requirements

The Office of Federal Procurement Policy published an all-too - familiar memo May 31, pushing agencies to ensure that the data reported in the Federal Procurement Data System is complete and accurate.