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Report Details 'excessive and wasteful' Conference Spending at GSA |
| 2-Apr-2012 |
| This article outlines that in a scathing report on spending for a 2010 General Services Administration conference in Las Vegas, the agency’s inspector general has concluded that “many of the expenditures on this conference were excessive and wasteful, and that in many instances GSA followed neither federal procurement laws nor its own policy on conference spending.” |
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Contractors Chart Path for 'bring your own device' Programs |
| 5-Apr-2012 |
| This article details that in a federal climate obsessed with cutting costs, one might have expected agencies to have adopted "bring your own device" programs for its employees long ago. |
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United States: OFCCP May Impose Explicit Goals For Federal Contractors' Hiring Of Individuals With Disabilities |
| 12-Mar-2012 |
| This article states that following a trend by the Federal government to liberalize anti-discrimination laws in favor of employees, the Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs ("OFCCP") has proposed regulations that would require employers who wish to keep their contracts (and subcontracts) with the Federal government to attempt to maintain a workforce where 7% of employees are individuals with disabilities. |
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GSA Turmoil will live on in Congressional Hearings |
| 3-Apr-2012 |
| This article describes that the revelations of spending excesses at a Las Vegas training conference will keep General Services Administration officials in the hot seat in the coming weeks as both chambers of Congress rev up for hearings on the agency’s inspector general report and broader performance issues. |
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Contractors Remain a Focal Point in Cost-cutting Efforts |
| 29-Mar-2012 |
| This article states that as the government continues to search high and low for cost-cutting initiatives, Congress has turned its eye on federal contractors. |
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Senate Panel Examines Contractor Spending |
| 30-Mar-2012 |
| This article describes that while federal employee compensation has become a high-value target for congressional Republicans, the cost of federal contractors has received much less notice. |
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Senator Knocks Government Spending on Contractors |
| 29-Mar-2012 |
| This article describes that the federal government’s use of contractor support services is costing taxpayers dearly as agencies have lost sight of spending and contracting has “gone wild,” according to Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), who led a March 29 hearing to investigate the issue. |
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Suspension and Debarment often Misunderstood, Contractors told |
| 30-Mar-2012 |
| This article states that though viewed by industry as a punishment, the government’s suspension and debarment procedure for errant contractors is designed to be an “instantaneous” way to protect taxpayers from irresponsible spending, a panel of procurement officials agreed on Thursday. |
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OMB Guidance Expected on Measuring Insourcing, Outsourcing Costs |
| 29-Mar-2012 |
| This article states that the Office of Management and Budget is expected to soon release guidance on how agencies should compare the cost of using federal workers against the cost of hiring contractors for certain work, Senate Contracting Oversight Subcommittee Chairwoman Claire McCaskill said Thursday. |
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Senators to Grill Agencies over Insourcing, Outsourcing Practices |
| 28-Mar-2012 |
| This article states that a Senate panel wants to hear how federal agencies justify spending billions on contractors without properly weighing the costs. |
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