Author Archive
Ann Costello
Digital Government
FPI: Overstepping procurement bounds?
I pose three questions: Should a federal agency be required to get waivers from another federal agency when planning to acquire products from commercial sources? Should one agency put procedures in place that allow it to request cancellation of another agency's solicitation? Should one agency ever
- By Ann Costello
Digital Government
Agencies must use return on investment to judge IT buys
Once upon a time, an agency's empowerment to contract depended on a delegation of procurement authority (DPA) from the General Services Administration. But no more. ~The ClingerCohen Act returned contracting authority to agencies and changed the rules of the game. DPAs were out, and return on inve
- By Ann Costello