Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your
contribution is not tax-deductible.)
PayPal Acct: 
Feedback: 
Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):
| [ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, [9], 10 ] |
| Subject: Re: Lets keep our fingers crossed this bill rapidly becomes a law | |
|
Author: Oropan |
[
Next Thread |
Previous Thread |
Next Message |
Previous Message
]
Date Posted: 15:44:10 03/13/07 Tue In reply to: Bev 's message, "Lets keep our fingers crossed this bill rapidly becomes a law" on 14:46:25 03/13/07 Tue I'm 100% in favor of this.....especially the last provision. There is one thing to keep in mind though. In an emergency, it will take longer to get stuff done. For an example: After a big huricanne the government would have to 'float' bids for relief services. That could take some time and there is no assurance companies providing that relief would be able to get the stuff there fast. Companies don't stockpile stuff waiting to bid on government contracts. But that's a price worth paying for a bidding process. It will be interesting to see what happens if this goes through and we have the next disaster. I wonder if the same suspects will bitch about how slow the government is coming to the rescuse. > and helps reign in some of the bush abuses . This is >a two page article I am just posting the first page >the you can access the second page at the address >below > > >href="http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2 >947573">http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id >=2947573 > >By Andrea Shalal-Esa >Reuters > >Mar 13, 2007 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Spurred by >contracting abuses in Iraq and after Hurricane >Katrina, a U.S. House of Representatives committee >approved on Tuesday a bill that would limit use of >noncompetitive contracts and improve oversight. > >The bill, first introduced in the House by Rep. Henry >Waxman, a California Democrat and chairman of the >House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, >would also put stricter limits on the types of >industry jobs government officials can take upon their >retirement. > >The measure will also include criticism of a decision >by U.S. oil services company Halliburton Co. to move >its headquarters and chief executive, although details >were still being worked out. > >The measure passed the House Armed Services Committee >on a vote of 53-0, and could be debated by the full >House as early as Thursday, according to congressional >aides. > >Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, introduced a >similar bill targeting contracting reforms in the >Senate last month. It is moving through the Senate >Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. > >The Senate Armed Services Committee is also exploring >acquisition reform measures that could be included in >the 2008 defense authorization bill, according to one >Senate aide. > >Waxman said reforms were clearly needed after >congressional hearings on Iraq reconstruction, >Hurricane Katrina, Department of Homeland Security >contracts and other areas exposed a "pattern of >reckless spending, poor planning, and ineffective >oversight by contract officials that has resulted in >the waste of hundreds of millions of taxpayer >dollars." > >One House aide said the legislation represented an >important move toward correcting contract problems and >abuses, but said further steps would likely be >necessary. > >On Tuesday, the House Armed Services Committee >approved several changes to the Waxman bill that were >suggested by committee chairman Rep. Ike Skelton, a >Missouri Democrat. > >Skelton said the bill seeks to encourage use of >fixed-price procurement contracts, minimize use of >noncompetitive "sole-source" contracts and require >agencies to make more acquisition documents public. > > >Continued [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
| Subject | Author | Date |
| Didn't do any good for haliburton to stockpile stuff | Bev | 16:30:21 03/13/07 Tue |
|
||