OMB makes pitch to senior executives on performance management
Article by Elizabeth Newell, Government Executive; June 16, 2010
DHS Promises More Penalties for Poorly Performing Contractors
Article by Stew Magnuson, National Defense Magazine; May 2010
EPA Should Improve Its Contractor Performance Evaluation Process for Contractors Receiving Recovery Act Funds
Audit Report from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Inspector General; April 26, 2010
DHS Promises More Penalties for Poorly Performing Contractors
Article by Stew Magnuson, National Defense Magazine; May 2010
Lawmakers propose acquisition overhaul at Defense
Article by Katherine McIntire Peters, Government Executive; April 14, 2010-06-20
Obama Proposes Expanding Acquisition Workforce
Article by Matthew Weigelt, Federal Computer Week; February 1, 2010
Shining a Spotlight on the Defense Acquisition Workforce—Again (pdf)
Paper by Susan M. Gates, Rand National Defense Research Institute, prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense; 2009
McCaskill calls for increased oversight of contract work in Afghanistan
Article by Walter Pincus, Washington Post; December 18, 2009
Deficiencies in Contract Management Internal Control Are Pervasive
GAO Report to Congressional Requesters regarding Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; October 2009
Improving Government Acquisition (PDF)
Memorandum from Peter Orzag, Director of Office of Management and Budget; July 29, 2009
The President’s Memorandum on Government Contracting and improving Federal acquisition practices (pdf)
Statement of Jeffrey D. Zients, Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Ad hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight; October 28, 2009
The Obama Administration’s efforts to improve the performance of the Federal government (pdf)
Statement of Jeffrey D. Zients, Chief Performance Officer and Deputy Director for Management Office of Management and Budget Before the Budget Committee United States Senate; October 29, 2009
Barack Obama calls for increased contractor oversight (pdf)
White House Press Release; March 4, 2009
Deficiencies in Contract Management Internal Control Are Pervasive (pdf)
Report to Congressional Requestors from the United States Government Accountability Office; October, 2009
EPA Should Improve Its Contractor Performance Evaluation Process for Contractors Receiving Recovery Act Funds (pdf)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report; April 26, 2010