Emerging Policy and Practice Issues (2005)

West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference (Covering 2005)

GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 193

GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 193

27 Pages Posted: 28 Feb 2006

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Steven L. Schooner

George Washington University - Law School

Christopher R. Yukins

George Washington University - Law School

Abstract

This paper, presented at the West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference (covering 2005), attempts to identify the key trends and issues for 2006 in U.S. federal procurement. In an effort to make sense of the current reforms, the paper focuses upon what seems to be the common imperative underlying the various initiatives: the need to bring order to a procurement function as it devolves away from the Government user - what some might call the "devolution" or "outsourcing" of the contracting function. The paper also addresses emerging issues including, among others, the death of competitive sourcing; the acquisition workforce crisis; centralized purchasing; public service ethics in the post-Darleen Druyun era; interagency purchasing and fees; post-Hurricane Katrina procurement; electronic procurement and reverse auctions; and conflicts of interest.

Keywords: government contracts, public procurement, acquisition workforce, outsourcing, centralized purchasing, reverse auctions, conflicts of interest

JEL Classification: H57

Suggested Citation

Schooner, Steven L. and Yukins, Christopher R., Emerging Policy and Practice Issues (2005). West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference (Covering 2005), GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 193, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 193, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=887355

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