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1. GSA Dangled Tax Break Before Contractors, But Asked for a Piece

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4-May-2012

This article states that for seven months in 2011, the General Services Administration offered to give a tax break to contractors that made federal buildings more energy efficient.

2. House Defense Bill’s Contracting Provision Irks White House

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21-May-2012

This article states that in threatening a veto of the Defense authorization bill the House passed on Friday, the White House mentioned a host of budgetary reasons, but it also cited a little noticed provision on agency contracting to small businesses.

3. Obama Procurement Chief Nominee Clears Senate Panel

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16-May-2012

This article discusses that the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved President Obama’s choice to be administrator of the White House Office of Federal Procurement Policy.

4. OMB Releases Second ‘mythbusting’ Memo to Improve Communication with Contractors

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7-May-2012

This article details that asserting that “early, frequent and constructive engagement with industry leads to better acquisition outcomes,” the Office of Management and Budget released Mythbusting 2, a follow-up to guidance sent out in 2011 to encourage agencies and contractors to shed some of their reluctance to communicate.

5. Senators Invoke GSA Scandal During Procurement Nominee’s Hearing

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9-May-2012

This article mentions that President Obama’s nominee to be administrator of the White House Office of Federal Procurement Policy testified on Wednesday before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, whose leaders invoked the recent spending scandal at the General Services Administration as reason for action against waste.

6. Navigating Small Business Contracting Corridors

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2-May-2012

This article mentions that navigating the complex federal contracting road that small businesses travel when pursuing business with the federal government can be daunting.

7. Senators Call for Contractor Cuts to Match DoD Workforce Cuts

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1-May-2012

This article describes that twenty-six Democratic senators are pressing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to cap the number of contract employees it relies on if the Defense Department decides to cap its civilian workforce at 2010 levels.

8. Government to Pay Contractor Executives More

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24-Apr-2012

This article outlines that the government is raising the cap on what it pays contractors' top five executives to $723,029, a 10 percent increase, federal procurement.

9. Reporter, Editor who Investigated Contractors Targeted by Fake Websites

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20-Apr-2012

This article details that a USA Today reporter and editor investigating Pentagon propaganda contractors have themselves been subjected to a propaganda campaign of sorts, waged on the Internet through a series of bogus websites.

10. GAO sees Progress in DOD Contract Inventory

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13-Apr-2012

This article states that after a rough time gathering information on the military’s services contracts, defense officials improved how they recorded their contracts for their fiscal 2010 report, auditors determined.