Following hearings this week, the chairman of a House Small Business subcommittee on contracting has proposed that the Office of Management and Budget halt in-sourcing efforts until agencies publish guidelines and allow
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Working to integrate veterans’ digital health records, cutting back on the time it takes to process security clearances and deliberating the age-old in-sourcing question are just a few of the issues the
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Federal agencies are having a slow-go of evaluating their use of service contracts, Federal News Radio reports, and some may, in fact, end up missing the June 30 deadline. The Consolidated Appropriations
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Members of the House of Representatives voting on a defense authorization bill last week let their voices be heard when it comes to the hot-button issue of in-sourcing. In a “sense of
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The Defense Department and the White House are recalibrating their public stances on in-sourcing plans. Office of Federal Procurement Policy Administrator Dan Gordon said this week at an Integrated Resources Management Conference
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The Department of Homeland Security recently finished reviewing about 100 service contracts, and the next step could be bringing some positions in house through in-sourcing, according to a report in Federal Times.
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The Army is halting ongoing in-sourcing plans, effective immediately, according to a memo from Army Secretary John McHugh released earlier this week. In its place, McHugh said any plans to phase private
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As 2010 comes to a close, many in the government-contracting community look back on a year full of changes with mixed emotions. The year began with controversial federal proposals, such as insourcing
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Where does the government’s in-sourcing strategy stand, especially at the end of a year that saw serious proposals to freeze federal pay and even shrink the federal workforce? Well, according to a
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Boom times for contractors may be waning, according to industry research group FedSources, but new technology deals may escape the decline, Nextgov reports. Next year’s budget already shows a decline of 5
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