GSA is asking Congress to raise the Micro-Purchase threshold to $25,000 for all federal agencies as part of its plan to implement a previous Congressional mandate to establish commercial e-commerce portals. The recommendation was just one legislative change GSA requested as part of the agency’s Phase I report released late last week. Other legislative changes include revising open market commercial buying rules to look more like the Read more
On the heels of a recent Air Force’s moratorium on speaking to the press, the Pentagon’s #2 official has issued guidance saying that DOD personnel should, indeed, continue to speak with contractors. The March 2nd memo issued by Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan states, “Leaders must talk with personnel about the importance of having dialogue with Read more
Alert reader K. Cousins, now of Minneapolis, writes, “Our company won a government contract for professional services several months ago. A recent task order, though, bears little resemblance to the original deal. Our customer and sales team says ‘Let’s go’. Should I be concerned.?” It’s not uncommon for the government to ask for a solution one way and then actually buy it sliced some other way, K. It’s a little like asking for your sandwich to be cut down Read more
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Planned Parenthood and related social spending issues could derail the timely passage of the omnibus appropriations bill that is expected to fund the government through the remainder of FY’18. The existing Continuing Resolution (CR) expires March 23rd and, while initial Read more