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Bob Dornan

Digital Government

Small-business decline hurts federal IT

The Defense Department's decision last month to temporarily suspend the 10 percent price evaluation adjustment for small and disadvantaged businesses (SDBs) because DOD exceeded its 5 percent SDB business goal in fiscal 1998 may indicate that small and minorityowned companies are getting their fai

Digital Government

Government's decision-making role deserves scrutiny

The most important premise for the success of the ongoing experiment in federal procurement reform is the expectation that government officials when given the opportunity will make wise business decisions. In this case 'wise' refers to the promotion of optimum solutions geared toward achieving clea

Digital Government

Procurement reform: A grand experiment with good prospects

In attempting to radically change the institutions processes and cultures of the federal procurement world the government has embarked on what is probably the most ambitious reorganization experiment in history. Of course many previous and unsuccessful attempts have been made to 'fix this problem '