What Happened
Twenty Legislative Proposals Aim To Streamline Federal Buying
The administration has submitted 20 legislative proposals to Congress aimed at reforming federal acquisition processes. The proposals include raising the simplified acquisition threshold to $10 million and the micropurchase threshold to $100,000, as well as allocating more money for acquisition workforce training. The changes aim to increase the discretion of the acquisition workforce and streamline procurement processes. According to Rich Beutel, a senior researcher at the George Mason University Baroni Center for Government Contracting, these proposals are a good first step towards creating a more unitary acquisition framework across federal agencies. The proposals were first reported by Federal News Network.