There is a “Great Divide” in government. It runs wide and deep and affects government efficiency and effectiveness.
No, I’m not talking about the divide between Democrats and Republicans. I’m talking about the divide in the acquisition community between the operational managers primarily responsible for awarding and managing government contracts and the oversight managers primarily responsible for checking that contract management is effective.
Yesterday, PSC and our friends at member-company Grant Thornton released the results of our
fifth biennial Acquisition Policy Survey of federal government personnel. We found the following divisions among operational and oversight respondents regarding the effects conflict of interest rules, acquisition workforce development and other procurement reform initiatives on the federal government.
