As part of the Administration’s Campaign to Cut Waste, OMB’s Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) released guidance today to reduce wasteful duplication in federal contracting.  Too often in the past, agency spending for many commonly-used items was f …

... Davis-Bacon, serves to protect union laborers from being drastically underbid by non-union contractors. In effect, the law prevents a 'race to the bottom' in federal contracting bids, which in turn protects working-class wages in the building trades.

Six companies received $24.8 million in economic stimulus work under federal programs set aside for disadvantaged businesses even though government investigators had found them ineligible, federal records show.

Five Features of Winning Federal Procurement Proposals

According to official U.S. Government 2008 budget documents, federal spending is expected to top $3 trillion by 2010, making the federal government by far the largest purchaser of goods and services on the planet.

GSA opens up the reorganization playbook

The General Services Administration has talked about its reorganization for months, but now it's official. President Bush signed the necessary legislation Oct. 6. But experts say GSA still faces deeper challenges than its internal restructuring.

Rebranding is one order of new business for GSA

The General Services Administration's reorganization plan has some GSA watchers concerned that the agency is losing its brand identity.

Watchdog group to launch site on fed spending

The watchdog group OMB Watch is hosting a prototype of the federal government's mandated online database of federal spending. The Web site, FedSpending.org, launches Oct. 10.

There is strength in numbers

Richard Rea, president and chief executive officer of R.

FedSources: GSA dealing with its problems

The General Services Administration still faces significant problems, but the agency's new leadership is focusing on those issues, a Federal Sources Inc. analyst told an industry group today.