Ambitious plan to reshape federal contracting emerges at OFPP

Federal Times: A new vision has emerged among top Obama administration officials for how they want federal contracting to look in a few years:

Key categories of spending — information technology, professional services, construction, etc. — will be aggregated across agencies and managed by dedicated executives who will focus on smoothing out pricing variability, analyzing spending data to optimize procurement strategies, culling duplicative contracts, and negotiating better deals based on overall governmentwide demand.

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