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This issue marks the last Week Ahead for 2017. Allen Federal will be on a highly detailed fact finding mission for the remainder of the year examining how Caribbean Basin Initiative countries fared during the 2017 hurricane season. We will return with a special edition on January 2nd. Bulletins, however, may be broadcast at any time.
A short-term CR passed Congress late Thursday, a move that keeps the government operating until December 22nd. There is still no new money, though, and all last week’s Congressional game of “kick the (budget) can” really did is set up a Christmas-week crisis. There is no clear way forward right now for a permanent FY’18 appropriation measure. House Republicans Read more
Ethical leadership, reducing duplication, and increasing task order level competition are the top priorities of newly-confirmed GSA Administrator Emily Murphy. Murphy, confirmed by the Senate last week, has been at GSA since the inauguration in a senior advisory capacity and has previously served at GSA. As such, she is ready to move forward immediately on these Read more
DOD’s office of Acquisition Technology and Logistics is on-track to meet a February 1st deadline to finalize plans in how it will split into two new groups – one focused on research, the other on acquisition – but it will take two years to fully reorganize the new offices, according to AT&L Undersecretary Ellen Lord. It’s great that AT&L has a plan on how it will transition, but what Read more