Government can’t account for billions spent In Afghanistan
In its bid to win the hearts and minds of Afghanistan’s teeming population, the United States has spent more than $55 billion to rebuild and bolster the war-ravaged country. That money was meant to...
View ArticleCongress could turn heat up on small-biz goals
Under a new bill, a department that misses a set goal to contract with small businesses could lose 10 percent of its budget as a penalty. Rep. Bill Owens (D-N.Y.) introduced the Small Business Growth...
View ArticleDeloitte’s Tom Davis pushes for contractor accountability
Deloitte & Touche director and former U.S. Rep. Tom Davis asked former colleagues on Capitol Hill Tuesday to adopt a procurement model that delivers profits to contractors only when they make good...
View ArticleHouse panel kicks off Pentagon acquisition reform drive
The House Armed Services Committee last week kicked off a fresh drive to fix the way the Pentagon buys weapons and services, vowing to “look past Band-Aid fixes and parochial interests” and implement...
View ArticleHouse bill seeks to reform federal IT acquisition, expand competition to...
A new bipartisan House bill seeks to reform how the federal government buys IT goods and services and also make it easier for smaller firms to compete for federal contracts. The Reforming Federal...
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