PSC Supports Provision to Protect USAID Funding from Waste, Fraud and Abuse

The Professional Services Council and its Council of International Development Companies have expressed support for a common sense provision in the House Foreign Operations Appropriations bill to ensure taxpayer dollars are protected by ensuring appropriate reviews occur before limiting competition to host-country entities. The House State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee approved the bill July 19. The full House Appropriations Committee will consider the bill today.

Proposed DoD Counterfeit Parts Rule Found Lacking

A proposed rule regarding the detection and avoidance of counterfeit electronic parts would create barriers to the Defense Department’s access to key technologies, the Professional Services Council (PSC) said in comments submitted to DoD through the Council of Defense and Space Industry Associations (CODSIA) on July 15.

SmartContracting Daily Intel for July 8, 2013

In today's news...

Bloomberg "Capital Gains": The Edward Snowden Effect

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DevEx: Is USAID's 'go local' strategy hurting US small business?
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Washington Technology: Tight budgets challenge prime-sub relationships (subscription)

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Federal News Radio: Sequestration snarling 2014 budget process

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Federal News Radio: DoD's revised cyber policy to shift toward governmentwide standards

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Federal Times: Competition for $450 million DoD cloud contract to start in August

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SmartContracting Daily Intel July 3, 2013

Happy (almost) Independence Day! In today's news...

Federal Contracts Report: View From PSC: The New, Improved DATA Act—a Balance of Transparency and Reporting

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FCW: Issa lobbies for DATA act

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Washington Post: White House delays health-care rule that businesses provide insurance to workers

http://wapo.st/123jvGK

Federal Times: NIST outlines draft cybersecurity framework for industry

http://bit.ly/12GOlDN

SmartContracting Daily Intel for July 2, 2013

In today's news...

Washington Business Journal: A government starvation cycle? (Guest Blog)

http://bit.ly/12bYyrQ

Wall Street Journal: Aid Donors to Grade Afghan Progress on Commitments (subscription)

http://on.wsj.com/17FgZe8

Government Executive: Defense Contractors and Military Personnel Can’t Fill In for Furloughed Civilians

http://bit.ly/1azhPge

FCW: Can DIA become the Defense Innovation Agency?

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Federal Times: New law extends whistleblower protections to subcontractors

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SmartContracting Daily Intel for July 1, 2013

Happy Monday! And Happy July! In today's news...

Washington Post: They said the sequester would be scary. Mostly, they were wrong.

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Washington Post: Tracking the predicted sequester impacts

http://wapo.st/12zJuZi

Defense News: With Contractors Under Fire, One Exec Questions DoD Leaders

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