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Does federal acquisition reside solely under the General Services Administration umbrella?

Denise Turner Roth was confirmed August 5, 2015 as GSA Administrator by the U.S. Senate.

No. But GSA Administrator Denise Turner Roth makes a strong case for why it should.

You might describe federal buying as cyclical: GSA take on the bulk, but the amount that agencies go it alone will wax and wane, depending on the nature of the buys, available vehicles and the budget environment. The last decade has seen a swell of agency-specific contracts.

“That’s not efficient for government,” Roth said in a one-on-one interview with Federal Times, acknowledging the trend pushed GSA to re-evaluate its offerings. The result: “You will see more agencies being willing to give up their contracts to come to our solutions.”

Keep reading this article at: http://www.federaltimes.com/story/government/acquisition/gsa-gwac/2015/10/27/centralized-acquisition-gsa-administrator-denise-turner-roth/74678648/

Interviews with 12 current and former military service chiefs reveal strong dissatisfaction with their Pentagon acquisition colleagues, who too often change the requirements for weapons systems or demand additional capability, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

“Some current and former service chiefs said that because they lack visibility into programs, they are unable to influence trade-offs between requirements and resources,” said the watchdog in a report released Thursday. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps chiefs said they are “frequently caught by surprise when cost, schedule, and performance problems emerge in programs.”

Keep reading this article at: http://www.govexec.com/defense/2015/06/military-chiefs-say-theyre-often-blindsided-acquisition-problems/115177

Centralized acquisition? GSA Administrator Roth on striking a balance

Does federal acquisition reside solely under the General Services Administration umbrella?

Military chiefs say they’re often blindsided by acquisition problems

Interviews with 12 current and former military service chiefs reveal strong dissatisfaction with their Pentagon acquisition colleagues, who too often change the requirements for weapons systems or demand additional capability, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

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