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GLS Chapter Program Year 2010-11 Chapter Leaders
Our next Board meeting will be June 8, 2010. Shortly thereafter, the PY10-11 Board Members and Chairs will be announced to Chapter members.
Call for 2010 – 2011 Contract Management Leadership Development Program Applications - 05/01/2010
Applications are now being accepted for admission to the 2010 – 2011 NCMA Contract Management Leadership Development Program (CMLDP). This program is designed to help develop the next generation of contract management leaders through an intensive year-long educational experience. Program participants will receive 180 hours of top quality training in fundamental leadership, NCMA governance, and contract management. The program is quite relevant to contract management professionals regardless of their employer, location, or industry
Pentagon Official Searches for the Source of Contracting Waste - 06/02/2010
Frank Kendall arguably has the most difficult job in all of federal acquisition -- rooting out the source of entrenched waste in the Defense Department's $375 billion-per-year contracting system.
Contract Overload: GAO Finds Continued Problems with MACs - 06/01/2010
The proliferation of multiple award and governmentwide contracts are costing agencies millions of dollars and wasting time of contracting officers, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office.
Department of Veterans Affairs: Agency Has Exceeded Contracting Goals for Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, but It Faces Challenges with Its Verification Program - 06/01/2010
GAO-10-458, May 28. [veterans affairs]
Pentagon Procurement Officer Describes Overhaul in Contracting - 06/01/2010
Harrington, in excerpts from an interview, discusses his responsibility of helping to execute the Obama administration's strategy of overhauling how the federal government handles contracting.
Posting all Fed Contracts Online Alarm Contractors - 06/01/2010
The Obama administration said it expects to begin posting online the full texts of federal contracts, task orders and delivery orders as a way to advance government transparency, kicking off a public debate on how and whether that should be done.
Time for GSA to Step Up and Prove its Worth - 06/01/2010
The General Services Administration is failing in its mission to wield the government's massive buying power to get the best possible prices for goods and services.
Wartime Contract Fraud Expected to Increase - 06/01/2010
More instances of contract fraud and theft are expected as American troops draw down in Iraq and increase their presence in Afghanistan, witnesses at a hearing on wartime contracting said Monday.
Navy Wants to Establish a Preferred Supplier Program - 05/28/2010
Most major companies have them, and now the Navy wants one too -- a preferred supplier program that would give preference to contractors that have demonstrated superior performance in controlling costs, meeting schedules, providing quality services and products, and reducing energy consumption
From Nextgov.com: Multiple Award Schedules program Suffers from Dearth of Data - 05/26/2010
The General Services Administration needs better data collection methods to improve the pricing and performance of its Multiple Award Schedules program, according to an oversight audit.
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