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June 13, 2013 By AMK

Tighter budgets mean bigger role for GSA

Dan Tangherlini wants more of your business — a lot more.

Installed by the White House a year ago as acting administrator of the General Services Administration to fix the scandal-rocked agency, Tangherlini ushered in a flurry of reforms to dial back conference spending, employee bonuses and accountability lapses at GSA.

Now, his focus is fixed on overhauling the way federal agencies buy goods and services. His aim is to redirect considerably more federal procurement spending through GSA contracts.

“Frankly, the system we have now, the way we structure ourselves now, the way we invest in certain things now, is not sustainable,” Tangherlini said in an hour-long interview with Federal Times editors and reporters. He said agencies will need to find ways to cut costs as much as possible without sacrificing their missions.

Last year, only about 12 percent of federal procurement spending that could have gone to GSA actually did, according to the agency. Tangherlini said his hope is that, within 10 years, the agency can get that figure closer to 90 percent.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20130519/DEPARTMENTS07/305190006/Tangherlini-Tighter-budgets-mean-bigger-role-GSA

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: duplication of effort, FAS, GSA, GSA Schedules, inter-agency contracting, interagency contracts, Interior Dept., OASIS, Schedules

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