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Jason Lee Bakke

Writer, editor of WashingtonHorizon.com, federal acquisition, theater, aviation

Ask Sage, Inc. (B-423827)

Ask Sage, Inc. (B-423827)

You should not care. Categories: Multiple Award Schedule, jurisdiction Date: 18 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423827 Ask Sage protested GSA’s actions under an existing Federal Supply Schedule contract with Carahsoft after GSA modified the contract to make Anthropic’s Claude for Enterprise and Claude

Trump moves senior career officials to Schedule F without civil service protections

Trump moves senior career officials to Schedule F without civil service protections

President Trump on 3 June 2026 signed an executive order converting roughly 8,000 senior career federal jobs into Schedule Policy/Career, stripping the incumbents of civil service protections and making them effectively at-will employees, Government Executive reported. About 97 percent are GS-15s or senior leaders—office and

OPM reaches the end of the beginning as it clears protests on its federal HR overhaul

OPM reaches the end of the beginning as it clears protests on its federal HR overhaul

For the first time in months, OPM can pick a winner. With one bid protest withdrawn and a second denied by the GAO, OPM can award a ten-year contract for Federal HR 2.0, its plan to replace the federal government's HR infrastructure covering roughly 2 million

Base Services of Athens, Inc. (B-423783, B-423783.2)

Base Services of Athens, Inc. (B-423783, B-423783.2)

You should not care. Categories: Past performance, best value Date: 17 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423783,b-423783.2 Base Services of Athens protested the Navy’s award of a food galley services contract to Crystal Enterprises. Both offerors were found technically acceptable and both

GSA reorganizes Federal Acquisition Service around acquisition lifecycle, citing $115 billion in revenue and shifting buying patterns

GSA reorganizes Federal Acquisition Service around acquisition lifecycle, citing $115 billion in revenue and shifting buying patterns

GSA has restructured its Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) into five mission-aligned offices, citing more than a decade of growth that has pushed FAS revenue past $115 billion in fiscal 2025 and exposed misalignments in business processes and IT systems, according to acting FAS Commissioner Laura Stanton. Stanton told Federal

Notes on a procurement job not described by its posting

Notes on a procurement job not described by its posting

Or, job-posting that's jargon-general I am looking at a job description for a contracts director that the overview explains requires both comprehensive pre- and postaward experience. The position's desired qualifications follow: * 10+ years of experience in contracts administration * 5+ years in State and Local

HHS reshapes workforce as VA restarts EHR and CMS ramps up hiring

HHS reshapes workforce as VA restarts EHR and CMS ramps up hiring

Three federal health agencies are remaking their workforces this spring, with the Department of Health and Human Services trimming performance bonuses, the Department of Veterans Affairs reviving a long-stalled electronic health record rollout and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launching a 1,200-person hiring surge focused