The Office of Management and Budget put out a call on Monday to outside organizations and the public to share how they think the government can reform its procurement of goods and services.
The challenge was announced at the White House Summit on Federal Acquisition and Supply Chain Management, where industry professionals and OMB officials spoke about reforms to the government’s procurement processes, such as reducing the cost and time of acquisitions. The government is accepting responses on how to modernize its $575 billion supply chain and acquisition processes by Feb. 17.
“The purpose of the challenge is idea creation to catalyze new thinking in government procurement around best practices, more strategic orientation and applying what we learn from world class, private sector and public sector opportunities to the U.S. federal government acquisition and supply chain management capabilities,” said Margaret Weichert, OMB deputy director, at the summit.
OMB is looking for feedback from researchers, academics, good government groups, and private industries on data and pricing solutions, market research, technology, human capital, benchmarking against industry and more. Weichert said in a press release that the challenge supports goals of the president’s management agenda, such as eliminating redundancies, increasing government effectiveness and modernizing the workforce.
Michael Wooten, administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, spoke at the summit about the importance of keeping up with the changing nature of the workforce. “Our newest entrants into the workforce, the millennials, are wondering why we baby boomers are still stuck on ‘21st century.’ That’s all they’ve seen. And in the 21st century things are happening very, very rapidly. We nee ..
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