VA begins firing process for embattled procurement official

Federal Times: Veterans Affairs secretary Sloan Gibson has proposed firing the senior contracting official who allegedly pressured employees to award a contract to reverse auction company FedBid.

Susan Taylor, deputy chief procurement officer at the VA’s Veterans Health Administration, pressured contracting staff through repeated emails and requests in 2010 to accelerate the acquisition process and to pick FedBid for the contract, according to the IG report released Sept. 26.

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