Although the federal government will increase the importance of price when awarding contracts for goods and services in an upcoming era of tightened budgets, the government’s lead agency for acquiring resources sees this new era as a “sweet spot” for it to get agencies good value for their purchases according to Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner [...]

The Missile Defense Agency for the first time will include a “Contractor Accountability for Quality” clause in an upcoming contract for ground-based missile defense development and sustainment, Bloomberg reports. The MDA will have the authority to adjust performance fees under this new provision, which covers parts for missiles, radars and sensors that make up the [...]

Coinciding with the close of the Iraq war and the winding down of the war in Afghanistan, the Pentagon thinning its upper ranks according to a Washington Post report. Pentagon officials have eliminated 27 positions for generals and admirals since March according to the Post. The Pentagon’s overall plan is to reduce those positions by [...]

The Army‘s new program executive officer for enterprise information systems is trying to make solicitation time as short as possible, so that as soon as the office gets extra money they can spend it, according to a Federal News Radio report. Doug Wiltsie recently spoke to an industry audience at an Armed Forces Communications and [...]

The Government Accountability Office said on Wednesday it was not able to give an opinion on the Treasury Department‘s annual financial statement for the entire government. In his 6-page statement accompanying the full report, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro cited “material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting and other limitations on the scope of our work” as [...]

Looking back at 2011, besides government gridlock, government-wide budget cuts have been a recurring theme. From the Pentagon to NASA, government agencies and entities have felt the constraints and have had to rethink their strategies in order to adapt for the future. A looming question for some is how budget cuts will affect the nation’s [...]

In an effort to improve the “FCC online experience,” the Federal Communications Commission launched its public beta domain last week, where users can choose widgets and create a customized page. According to the announcement by FCC Managing Director David Robbins, MyFCC allows users to create a personalized page featuring the agency’s most used tools and services. [...]

In a Dec. 19 speech, Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel contended that implementing across-the-board standards for the federal government’s procurement of cloud computing services could improve communications between the government and private sector. ExecutiveGov broke down the hour-long speech, here. Dan Gordon, who has served as administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy since 2009, recently told [...]

Some agency budgets were dealt cuts while others received increases in the fiscal year 2012 spending deal struck last week. In the mix of ups and downs, contractors came away with more certainty. In Monday’s Capital Business, Kevin Plexico, vice president of federal information solutions for research firm Deltek, outlined the allocated funds and how much agencies [...]

The U.S. Agency for International Development is looking to increase competition for contracts in order to make programs more accessible to small businesses, according to the Washington Post. This is all part of the agency’s reform effort, as it has considered itself to have “fallen short” on awarding small and disadvantaged businesses in the U.S. and [...]