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As the push to resolve the impasse over a deficit deal falters, it has become clear that the disagreements are not in fact over dollars and cents, but are instead a broader chasm between the Republicans and the Democrats over the size and role of government.

In December of 2010, during the Christmas holiday break, a seemingly small change to the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act, Section 824 was made that has significant consequences for 10 U.S.C. 2320, Rights in Technical Data.  This revision will result in unlimited rights to technical data by the government that had previously been considered protected. 

On Monday night May 16 in a speech at the Economic Club in New York City, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, attempted to reassure Wall Street that Republicans were serious about confronting the country's deficit problems responsibly.

OMB Updates - Fri, 11/19/2010 - 12:49

Tue, 11/16/2010 - 10:22

More than 1,000 recipients of Recovery Act funds failed to report how they were spent in the last quarter of 2009 and the Obama administration aims to ensure that there are consequences for their non-compliance.  "Agencies now are authorized to begin terminating the awards of noncomplying recipients and reclaiming unspent funds, according to the memo. Contractors also risk suspension, debarment and other punitive actions."

A proposed Labor Department rule that requires a successful bidder to hire incumbent employees is too restrictive and logistically impossible to implement say contractor advocates.  Stan Soloway of the Professional Services Council observed that the proposed rule strips away any flexibility contained in the 2009 Executive Order requiring the rule.   Comments on the proposal are being accepted until May 18th here:  http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#documentDetail?R=0900006480ac17ed

The Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) will synthesize available information regarding contractor past performance and make it available across governmental agencies.  This database was required by the 2009 Defense Authorization Act and the General Services Administration will begin managing the database April 22nd. 

Read the article here:
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=44863&dcn=e_gvet

DynCorp, which is currently under contract with the State Department to train police and in Iraq and Afghanistan was excluded from the bidding process for a similar contract with the Army in Afghanistan.  They had protested with the GAO the Army's attempt to "piggyback a pair of task orders onto an existing Defense counternarcotics technology contract. DynCorp was not among the five contractors that would have been eligible to bid for the work, a list which included Lockheed Martin Corp., Northrop Grumman Corp.