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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...
OFPP finalizes guidance on inherently governmental functions
New guidance on inherently governmental functions, or what jobs must be conducted by federal employees rather than contractors, will be effective Oct. 12, according to a final policy (.pdf) letter
Fixed price contract usage not a metric of risk
Governmentwide usage of fixed price contracts was slightly down in the last fiscal year as a percentage of total obligations made to contractors, we learn from a July 8 Office of Federal Procurement
DoD insourcing savings estimates flawed, says study
Defense Department estimates of cost savings made by converting contractor positions into jobs held by civil servants rest on a slew of unproven assumptions, says a study from the Center for
OFPP suggests definition of 'inherently governmental'
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy has issued draft guidance on what constitutes an "inherently governmental" position. The phrase varies somewhat under existing law, so OFPP proposed that the
SPOTLIGHT: Pentagon to save money by insourcing
The Pentagon expects to save an average of $44,000 a year for every contractor it replaces with a full-time federal employee to perform critical defense jobs. The plans calls for insourcing a wide
