On June 22, 2012, the Office of Management and Budget issued a Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agenciesentitled “Reducing Reporting and Paperwork Burdens.”  The memorandum states that “Eliminating unjustified regulatory requirements, including unjustified reporting and paperwork burdens is a high priority of this Administration.” It then directs agencies to take further steps to [...]

This month, the blog posts are focusing on four key fundamentals for efficient and effective procurement. This week’s fundamental is “Contract structures that increase efficiency, competition and access to the commercial marketplace.” In particular, the Coalition continues to highlight this fundamental with regard to the $50 billion Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program managed by the [...]

A previous post, “Putting Commercial Back in Commercial Item Contracting,” lead to an interview Monday afternoon with host Francis Rose on Federal News Radio’s “In-Depth.” During the course of the interview Francis asked if I had seen changes in behavior as a result of the Administration’s “Myth-Busters” campaign. I responded by citing GSA’s willingness to [...]

I was overwhelmed by the feedback on last week’s comment. In particular, my closing statement that “we should review current data collection requirements and eliminate those where the costs outweigh the burdens” has engendered several positive comments. It is time for such a review. Our current budgetary and economic challenges demand that we make the [...]

Data is not a free good. It costs contractors money to collect, store, review, format and report data. It costs the government money to publish (as appropriate), store, review, and analyze data received from contractors. We all understand that data is a valuable asset and data collection is part of doing business with the Government. [...]