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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428941126
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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Federal procurement spending and workforce trends.
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428941126
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428941126
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Federal Procurement
Author: United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781978419247
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Federal Procurement: Spending and Workforce Trends
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781978419247
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Federal Procurement: Spending and Workforce Trends
Federal Procurement
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government purchasing
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government purchasing
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Federal Procurement
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Category : Government purchasing
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The federal government, comprised of more than 60 agencies and nearly 1.7 million civilian workers, acquires most of its goods and services through contracts. Recent changes in what the government buys, its contracting approaches and methods, and its acquisition workforce have combined to create a dynamic acquisition environment. Many of these recent changes enhance contracting efficiency and offer a number of benefits, such as reduced administrative burdens. However, GAO's past work has found that if these changes are not accompanied by proper training, guidance, and internal controls, agency procurements may be at greater risk. While effectively managing contracts is always a key management responsibility, this responsibility is more acute in those agencies that rely heavily on acquisitions to accomplish their missions. The goal of this report is to identify for Congress, the administration, and accountability organizations those procurement-related trends and challenges that may affect federal agencies. Specifically, GAO analyzed recent federal procurement patterns, the use of various procurement methods, and changes in the acquisition workforce. Federal agencies procured more than $235 billion in goods and services during fiscal year 2001, reflecting an 11 percent increase over the amount spent 5 years earlier. Further growth in contract spending, at least in the short term, is likely to increase given the President's request for additional funds for defense and homeland security, agencies' plans to update their information technology systems, and other factors. Overall, contracting for goods and services accounted for about 24 percent of the government's discretionary resources in fiscal year 2001. Federal agencies are taking advantage of the streamlined acquisition processes that were developed in the 1990s, including relying on contracts awarded by other federal agencies to obtain goods and services. The increase in the use of this acquisition method is driven largely by purchases of information technology and by professional, administrative, and management support services. Similarly, agencies are increasingly using purchase cards for many of their low dollar value procurements. Over the last decade, the federal acquisition workforce has had to adapt to changes in staffing levels, workloads, and the need for new skill sets. Procurement reforms have required contracting specialists to have a greater knowledge of market conditions, industry trends, and the technical details of the commodities and services they procure. A priority at most agencies we reviewed was attracting and retaining the right people with the right skills to successfully address the increasingly complex actions expected in the future. Many agencies have made progress with strategic human capital planning efforts. We reviewed 10 agencies that represent over 90 percent of the federal government's acquisition spending. All agencies provided comments on our report and concurred with our analyses.
Publisher:
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Category : Government purchasing
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The federal government, comprised of more than 60 agencies and nearly 1.7 million civilian workers, acquires most of its goods and services through contracts. Recent changes in what the government buys, its contracting approaches and methods, and its acquisition workforce have combined to create a dynamic acquisition environment. Many of these recent changes enhance contracting efficiency and offer a number of benefits, such as reduced administrative burdens. However, GAO's past work has found that if these changes are not accompanied by proper training, guidance, and internal controls, agency procurements may be at greater risk. While effectively managing contracts is always a key management responsibility, this responsibility is more acute in those agencies that rely heavily on acquisitions to accomplish their missions. The goal of this report is to identify for Congress, the administration, and accountability organizations those procurement-related trends and challenges that may affect federal agencies. Specifically, GAO analyzed recent federal procurement patterns, the use of various procurement methods, and changes in the acquisition workforce. Federal agencies procured more than $235 billion in goods and services during fiscal year 2001, reflecting an 11 percent increase over the amount spent 5 years earlier. Further growth in contract spending, at least in the short term, is likely to increase given the President's request for additional funds for defense and homeland security, agencies' plans to update their information technology systems, and other factors. Overall, contracting for goods and services accounted for about 24 percent of the government's discretionary resources in fiscal year 2001. Federal agencies are taking advantage of the streamlined acquisition processes that were developed in the 1990s, including relying on contracts awarded by other federal agencies to obtain goods and services. The increase in the use of this acquisition method is driven largely by purchases of information technology and by professional, administrative, and management support services. Similarly, agencies are increasingly using purchase cards for many of their low dollar value procurements. Over the last decade, the federal acquisition workforce has had to adapt to changes in staffing levels, workloads, and the need for new skill sets. Procurement reforms have required contracting specialists to have a greater knowledge of market conditions, industry trends, and the technical details of the commodities and services they procure. A priority at most agencies we reviewed was attracting and retaining the right people with the right skills to successfully address the increasingly complex actions expected in the future. Many agencies have made progress with strategic human capital planning efforts. We reviewed 10 agencies that represent over 90 percent of the federal government's acquisition spending. All agencies provided comments on our report and concurred with our analyses.
Federal Procurement
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government purchasing
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government purchasing
Languages : en
Pages : 158
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Reflections on the Federal Procurement Landscape
Author: Daniel I. Gordon
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This paper, published in the Government Contractor, presents the reflections on the author's service as the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy from 2009 through 2011. The author identifies his three goals for his tenure as Administrator: strengthening the federal acquisition workforce, driving fiscal responsibility in federal acquisition, and rebalancing the relationship with contractors. The author points to reversal of several negative trends, in particular, decline in the size of the federal acquisition workforce during the years 1992-2009, unsustainable annual increases in procurement spending during those years, and an unhealthy overreliance on contractors in performance of key government functions. In each of those key areas, the author reports on the progress made - increasing the size of the federal acquisition workforce, buying less and buying smarter (particularly through the strategic sourcing initiative), and a better balance in relations with contractors, with more clarity about the proper role of contractors and improved oversight, as well as efforts to increase communication with vendors.
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This paper, published in the Government Contractor, presents the reflections on the author's service as the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy from 2009 through 2011. The author identifies his three goals for his tenure as Administrator: strengthening the federal acquisition workforce, driving fiscal responsibility in federal acquisition, and rebalancing the relationship with contractors. The author points to reversal of several negative trends, in particular, decline in the size of the federal acquisition workforce during the years 1992-2009, unsustainable annual increases in procurement spending during those years, and an unhealthy overreliance on contractors in performance of key government functions. In each of those key areas, the author reports on the progress made - increasing the size of the federal acquisition workforce, buying less and buying smarter (particularly through the strategic sourcing initiative), and a better balance in relations with contractors, with more clarity about the proper role of contractors and improved oversight, as well as efforts to increase communication with vendors.
The True Size of Government
Author: Paul Charles Light
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 9780815752660
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
In this book-- the first that attempts to establish firm estimates of the shadow work force-- Paul C. Light explores the reasons why the official size of the federal government has remained so small while the shadow of government has grown so large.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 9780815752660
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
In this book-- the first that attempts to establish firm estimates of the shadow work force-- Paul C. Light explores the reasons why the official size of the federal government has remained so small while the shadow of government has grown so large.
Best practices improved knowledge of DOD service contracts could reveal significant savings.
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428939105
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428939105
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Iraq Reconstruction
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Addressing Government Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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