White House plans cuts to support service contracts
The Obama administration will require federal agencies to cut spending for management support service contracts by 15 percent by the end of fiscal year 2012. As part of the White House Campaign to Cut...
View ArticleCut contracting costs by 15 percent, agencies are told
Federal agencies are being directed to achieve a 15 percent reduction in costs for managing contracts over the next year under a new component of the Obama administration’s Campaign to Cut Government...
View ArticleArmy slides show cuts to readiness, contracting and training
A set of Army briefing slides outlining the devastating effects of Sequestration has mysteriously surfaced and is circulating the Web just two days before senior leaders are scheduled to present them...
View ArticleAcquiring services: How the feds can get it right
For the fifth consecutive year, the federal government has spent more on the purchase of services than any other type of contract spending. And yet, the Department of Defense has made little progress...
View ArticleShutdown’s cost to DoD contractors: $1 billion a day
The government shutdown affects Americans in different ways – everything from no seasonal flu program to the shuttering of 400 national parks and museums to limited Veterans’ benefits. Companies doing...
View ArticleHouse Armed Services Committee agrees operating and support expenses must be...
Provisions to slow the growth of operating and support costs in acquisitions programs may be part of the reforms coming in the 2017 Defense authorization bill. During a Feb. 3 House Armed Services...
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