Biden’s small business federal contracting goal “doable” but difficult, former acquisition leader says Jim Williams, partner at Schambach & Williams Consulting, discusses GSA’s focus on increasing opportunities for small business government contracting and prioritizing diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility Covid-19 spending, federal real estate top priorities for next Office of Management and Budget controller […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) wants to boost small business opportunities in government by showcasing ways for those companies to engage in the federal market. GSA Administrator Robin Carnahan says GSA is “setting the bar” by incorporating the White House’s diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility goals into all of the agency’s work. Jim Williams, partner […]
President Biden has nominated a permanent leader for the Office of Federal Financial Management at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). That nominee is Laurel Blatchford, former chief of staff at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. If the Senate confirms her, Blatchford will be the first permanent OMB controller in almost five […]
The deadline for all federal workers to get the Covid-19 vaccine is coming up on Nov. 22. In addition, the Office of Personnel Management reports federal workers have used only 58% of special emergency paid leave funding. Don Kettl, professor emeritus and former dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, former Sid […]
