OMB will set rules for interagency transactions
Spurred by recent scandals involving corporate accounting practices, the government has put the creation of standards for interagency financial transactions on the fast track.
OFPP relents on 803
The Defense Department can continue to use time and materials contracts when buying commercial items from Multiple-Award Schedule contracts'at least for now.
Vendor data gets user-friendly
When contracting officers or members of a source selection committee need to find out about a potential vendor's quality of work on previous contracts, collecting the data often is a challenge. But the process is about to change. Three agencies are working with the General Services Administration and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to create a central past-performance records database for use governmentwide. NIH's Diane Frasier says more than 100 agencies are expected to use a new system providing access to past-performance information.
SBA plans for fast upgrade
The last month of the fiscal year is one of the busiest for the Small Business Administration, as the agency scrambles to help businesses with last-minute loan applications or contract proposals.
FEMA's Miller joins Homeland Security planning team
Ron Miller, CIO of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, today started work at his new job as part of the Transition Planning Office for the proposed Homeland Security Department. Miller said he will remain with the planning office for an indefinite period of time.
Administration releases draft standards for listing grant opportunities
The Office of Federal Financial Management today released proposed data standards for agencies submitting grant and funding opportunities to <i>FedBizOpps.gov</i>. The procurement portal is the mandatory site for agencies to post contracting opportunities.
GSA's e-Buy relaunch puts RFQs online
The General Services Administration's Federal Supply Service last week enhanced its e-Buy portal to let contracting officers and vendors interact more easily online. Agency buyers now can go through the entire request for quotes process electronically, including receiving vendor proposals.
OMB ties GPEA compliance to e-gov progress
When agencies submit their next Government Paperwork Elimination Act progress reports, they must detail the status of their e-government projects - as requested recently by the Office of Management and Budget.
OMB sets deadline for agencies to submit joint IT business cases
Agencies have until Aug. 21 to submit lists of IT projects that could be candidates for joint business cases with other agencies for fiscal 2004, according to a memo from Mark Forman, the Office of Management and Budget's associate director for IT and e-government.
Report finds congressional members doing a better job of managing e-mail
Members of Congress are doing a better job of filtering e-mail and using electronic means to communicate with constituents, according to a report released yesterday by the Congress Online Project, a joint research initiative of the Congressional Management Foundation and George Washington University.
GSA redesigns e-Buy to simplify schedule buys, spur competition
If multiple-award schedules don't generate enough competition, then the General Services Administration will bring competition to them. GSA today officially relaunched its e-Buy portal that will let contracting officers and vendors interact more easily by putting the entire request-for-quotes process online.
GSA set to release RFP for travel site
Federal employees make about 4 million air and rail trips a year and spend more than $100 million annually on fees to travel agents. With the success of commercial travel Web sites, many government managers wonder why booking trips isn't easier and cheaper.
OMB will use GPEA reports to track agency e-gov efforts
The Office of Management and Budget wants agencies to view their e-government work in the context of complying with the Government Paperwork Elimination Act. To help agencies in this effort, OMB last week released a draft memo to CIOs detailing information agencies need to provide when updating their GPEA plans.
Senate confirms Everson for OMB post
The Senate yesterday unanimously confirmed Mark W. Everson as the Office of Management and Budget's deputy director for management.
Taxpayers will file 2002 federal returns online free
The Office of Management and Budget yesterday said it came to an agreement with tax software vendors to let citizens file their tax returns online at no cost. OMB said it will publish a Federal Register notice detailing the terms of the agreement and open a 30-day comment period.
Expect looser language in final Section 803 rule
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy does not plan to include time and materials language in the final Section 803 rule after all, industry and congressional sources say.
House, Senate lawmakers take aim at administration's competitive sourcing goal
The Bush administration's competitive sourcing initiative faces serious opposition on Capitol Hill. The House included an amendment that would prohibit the Office of Management and Budget from setting goals or quotas for competing federal jobs.
CIO Council team offers architecture expertise
With the Office of Management and Budget warning agencies that it will terminate IT projects that fail to fit in to a governmentwide enterprise architecture, a CIO Council working group is offering agencies assistance.
OMB model gives agencies a reference point on IT projects
The Office of Management and Budget expects agencies to conduct some research before investing in new IT. And the starting point should be the business reference model OMB released last week.
GSA reorganization shifts IT duties
The General Services Administration didn't wait for Congress to approve funding for its reorganization.
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