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Senior US acquisition officials question procurement policy direction18 Nov 2010Source: Government Executive Senior US federal acquisition officials do not believe that many of the signature procurement policy changes the Obama administration and the Democratic Congress have implemented in recent years are adding significant value to the government's mission, according to a new report from a pair of industry groups. The biennial survey by the Professional Services Council, a contractor trade association, and Grant Thornton LLP, a business advisory firm, interviewed 33 officials from across government, including senior acquisition executives, congressional staff and oversight employees, on a host of topics. On many key issues there appears to be a widening chasm between operational and oversight officials, but they generally concurred that the implementation of major policies and rules -- from the insourcing of private sector functions to the push to use fixed-price contracts -- were failing to meet their stated objectives. Read more here |
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