After 20 years in the government contracting media business, I sense personally how much the industry mourns the passing of the true GovCon titan in Jack London of CACI. The ever vigilant Jack
According to a new draft policy letter published by OMB last Thursday, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy will expand its definition of âinherently governmentalâ soon. The OFPP will now use the
MoreIn the debate surrounding PCI, it’s worth noting that of 22 contractors audited by GAO, 18 of them already had written policies to prevent personal conflicts of interest within their workforce. Many
MoreAccording to a 2008 GAO report, the government employees closest to the PCI situation, DoD program managers, generally agree that standard safeguards are needed for contractor employees participating in the acquisition process.
MoreA lot of ambiguity exists in personal conflicts of interest regulations for contractors. The rules are not well defined and vary from agency to agency. Take a look at the chart below:
MoreWhat does the PCI picture look like from the governmentâs perspective? The GAO describes DoD contractor employees as âclosely supporting inherently governmental functionsâ but notes that some DoD officials have a different
MoreWhile there has been a lot of recent buzz over organizational conflicts of interest (OCI), there has been comparatively little attention to the issue of personal conflicts of interest (PCI). Ironically, the
MoreAfter reports emerged of patient deaths and several dozens of injuries linked to malfunctions in the health IT (HIT) systems, the Food and Drug Administration is now considering regulating the new technology
MoreOpen government is a major priority for the Obama White House, and top officials like Federal CIO Vivek Kundra and CTO Aneesh Chopra are vocal supporters of making agency budget and regulatory
MoreCasey Coleman ,CIO of the GSA Casey Coleman is a big fan of âManagement 2.0â consultant Gary Hamel. She featured his work, Moonshots for Management, on her GSA blog last summer. The
MoreIn the most recent movement towards implementation of the Open Government Directive, Federal CIO Vivek Kundra and Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra unveiled the launch of Open Government Dashboard, a web page designed
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