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Biden seeks 5.2% pay hike for federal workers

If approved, the pay boost would be the largest increase in nearly four decades.
Not dead yet: Nuclear weapons agency moves to save Jason advisory group

The NNSA is prepared to keep the JASON contract alive, at least for the short term.

Reform panel warns Congress to overhaul Pentagon acquisitions, or lose technological edge

Pentagon acquisitions need an overhaul to work with companies outside the Capital Beltway, according to an influential advisory group established by Congress.
Manufacturing oversight shifts with new Pentagon reorg plan

The Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy office is losing the “manufacturing” part.
CACI bid fails to hijack General Dynamics’ acquisition of CSRA

General Dynamics has released an amended merger agreement.

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Without a comprehensive strategy to regulate foreign investment, China wins

In order to protect America’s vital supply chains from foreign interference, regulations and laws governing the primary watchdog for foreign investment must be updated.
House to vote on $1.6B border wall next week

House Republicans are moving next week to fund President Donald Trump’s $1.6 billion request to begin construction of his oft-promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Trump appoints strategic lead for GSA

President Trump appointed someone for the GSA position of Associate Administrator for the Office of Governmentwide Policy.
GSA helping Census Bureau lease spaces so it can count faces

GSA opens multiple-award lease tool to satisfy Census 2020 employee space requirements
Automation could improve the federal security authorization process

The government is turning to the private sector to help reduce errors and delays in the Authority to Operate process, as well as other security authorizations governmentwide.
US nuclear agency sets expectations for Los Alamos contract

The U.S. agency responsible for overseeing the nation’s nuclear weapons cache is laying out the qualifications that will be required from the next manager of Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Feds ditching plan to move FBI HQ out of DC

The government is scrapping a decade-long plan to shutter the FBI’s deteriorating downtown Washington headquarters and look for a new building in Maryland or Virginia.
The annual spending spree [Commentary]

Agency priorities are compressed into fewer and fewer months and weeks and “the end of the year fiscal rush” becomes even more “rushed.”
Agencies must be in compliance with ‘Buy America’ order by September

The guidance instructs agencies how to enforce the “Buy America” executive order.
Cook calls FAS-TTS merger ‘a cleaner arrangement’

While news of the merger has made plenty of waves, TTS Commissioner Rob Cook he doesn’t expect its application to make much of a ripple.
Report details former GSA chief’s retaliation against FAS commissioner

The inspector general’s report said that former Administrator Denise Turner Roth retaliated against former FAS Commissioner Tom Sharpe.
Federal acquisition scorecard shows which agencies are spending more in 2017

The 2017 Federal Scorecard has been released, providing contractors and agencies an inside look into the 2016 fiscal year’s government spending habits.
Trump fills 9 key acquisition posts

Nine individuals have been appointed by President Trump to fill key acquisition positions at GSA and DoD.
Govcon group asks OMB to reinstate some agency reporting requirements

In a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, the Professional Services Council made some suggested revisions to clarify OMB’s memo on eliminating agency reporting.
New bill would scale back improper use of LPTA

The Promoting Value Based Procurement Act of 2017 would place new requirements on LPTA usage in contracting.
New (politically appointed) FAS commissioner takes the helm

The new commissioner is the first political appointee to lead the acquisition service.
Contract management’s new certainty of uncertainty [Commentary]

As anyone involved in contracting with the federal government is already well aware, this is the age of complete uncertainty.
Egyptian construction company resolves USAID false claims charge with $1.1M settlement

A construction company based in Cairo, Egypt, has settled allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and Foreign Assistance Act as an ineligible, concealed partner in a joint venture that secured U.S. Agency for International Development-funded contracts.
STARS II contractor pool deepens with hundreds of new veteran-owned companies

GSA has added over 500 IT industry small-business partners to its 8(a) STARS II Governmentwide Acquisition Contract vehicle.
After protests, OPM to reopen background investigations contract

The Government Accountability Office has recommended that the Office of Personnel Management reopen discussions over an investigative support services contract that was challenged by two vendors.

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