The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has released new guidance in the push to consolidate federal procurement activities. The guidance, which expands on Executive Order 14240, aims to reduce ...

Drew Myklegard, deputy federal CIO, speaks during a fireside chat at FedTalks 2024. (FedScoop) The Office of Management and Budget is set to soon issue a new memo to help guide agencies’ acquisition ...

A recent executive order marks a significant policy shift in federal procurement by directing agencies to default to fixed-price, performance-based contracting. Framed as an effort to promote fiscal ...

The General Services Administration (GSA) announced significant changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and procurement practices last week, issuing two key deviations to the FAR in ...

Kevin Rhodes, an advisor in the White House Office of Management and Budget, said the FAR revamp effort is intended to hasten procurement and increase competition for government contracts. August 25, ...

Legislation looking to bolster federal guidelines for artificial intelligence technologies was introduced in the Senate on Thursday, underscoring the ongoing executive actions to bring regulations to ...

The president's order stated that “since its inception, the FAR [Federal Acquistion Regulation] has swelled to more than 2,000 pages of regulations, evolving into an excessive and overcomplicated ...

Steve Kelman worries that the Biden administration is steering federal buyers away from best-value goals. The Office of Federal Procurement Policy recently had a party in the Eisenhower Old Executive ...

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