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December 16, 2019 By cs

Is government’s disability procurement program eroding?

The AbilityOne Commission faces compliance and resource challenges heading into the new year, according to its inspector general.

The federal organization responsible for ensuring that government agencies acquire goods and services from contractors that employ blind and other significantly disabled workers is in a tight spot, the AbilityOne Commission’s Inspector General found in a Dec. 2 report noting several management challenges that threaten the program’s stability.

The AbilityOne program, which has existed in some fashion since 1938, requires government agencies to make sure that a certain amount of their purchases come from contractors that fulfill the requirements for blind and disabled employees. But other procurement programs with conflicting priorities and a lack of sufficient resources mean that the program has experienced an “erosion” of its statutory authority.

Keep reading this article at: https://www.federaltimes.com/acquisition/2019/12/03/is-governments-disability-procurement-program-eroding-away

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: Ability One, acquisition, acquisition workforce, disability, GSA, IG, OIG, VA

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