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Notification of a Public Meeting on the
Presidential Memorandum on
Government Contracting
AGENCY: Office of Management and
Budget, Executive Office of the
President.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting and
request for comments.
SUMMARY: The Presidential
Memorandum on Government
Contracting, issued on March 4, 2009,
establishes a framework for improving
critical components of the federal
acquisition system and management of
the Federal Government’s ‘‘multisector’’ workforce of federal employees
and private sector contractors. The
Memorandum directs the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), in
consultation with federal agency
leadership, to improve and strengthen
federal contracting practices and to seek
input from the public on the most
effective ways to achieve this goal.
Section 321 of the National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal
Year 2009 further directs OMB to clarify
the definition of an inherently
governmental function and to develop
criteria to be used by agency heads to
identify other functions that should
only be performed by Federal
employees. The Presidential
Memorandum is available at https://
www.whitehouse.gov/briefing_room/
PresidentialActions/pg2/. Section 321
may be found at https://
www.rules.house.gov/110/text/
110_hr5658.pdf.
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In furtherance of the President’s
Memorandum and section 321 of the FY
2009 NDAA, OMB invites interested
parties from both the public and private
sectors to provide comments on: (1)
Maximizing the use of competition; (2)
improving practices for selecting
contract types; (3) strengthening the
acquisition workforce; and (4) clarifying
when functions should be performed by
federal employees and when contractors
may be appropriately considered.
Interested parties may offer oral and/
or written comments at a public meeting
to be held on June 18, 2009. Parties are
also encouraged to provide all written
comments directly to https://
www.regulations.gov.
DATES: A public meeting will be
conducted on June 18, 2009, at 9 a.m.
eastern time and ending no later than 1
p.m. eastern time.
Procedures for the public meeting:
The public is asked to pre-register by
June 8, 2009, due to security and seating
limitations. To pre-register, please send
an e-mail to Ms. Julia Wise of OFPP at
jwise@omb.eop.gov. Registration checkin will begin at 8 a.m. eastern time and
the meeting will start at 9 a.m. eastern
time.
Oral Public Comments: A key purpose
of the meeting is to encourage public
comment through dialogue on each of
the four topics described above.
Accordingly, one hour will be allotted
for each topic. A facilitator will briefly
introduce each topic and organize
discussion through questions.
Parties wishing to make formal oral
presentations at the public meeting
must contact Ms. Wise by electronic
mail at: jwise@omb.eop.gov no later than
June 8, 2009, to be placed on the public
speaker list. Verbal requests for
speaking time will not be taken. Time
allocations for oral presentations will be
limited and depend on the number of
requests. All formal oral public
comments must also be followed-up in
writing and submitted to https://
www.regulations.gov. When submitting
your comments, reference ‘‘Public
Comments on the Government
Contracting Memorandum.’’ Note:
Written statements are strongly
preferred to formal oral presentations in
order to provide maximum opportunity
for dialogue with the participants.
Written Comments/Statements:
Parties wishing to share written
statements at the public meeting must
submit such statements to Ms. Wise at
jwise@omb.eop.gov by June 8, 2009. In
lieu of, or in addition to, participating
in the public meeting, interested parties
may submit written comments to
https://www.regulations.gov by July 17,
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2009. When submitting your comments,
reference ‘‘Public Comments on the
Government Contracting
Memorandum.’’
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be
held at the General Services
Administration Auditorium located at
1800 F Street, NW., Washington, DC
20405. Enter at the second entrance on
F Street.
Meeting Accommodations: The public
meeting is physically accessible to
people with disabilities. Request for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms.
Wise at jwise@omb.eop.gov or (202)
395–7561 by June 8, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
clarification of the subject matter
related to the memorandum: Mr.
Mathew Blum, OFPP, (202) 395–4953 or
mblum@omb.eop.gov or Ms. Julia Wise,
OFPP, (202) 395–7561 or
jwise@omb.eop.gov. For public meeting
information and submission of
comment: Ms. Julia Wise, OFPP, (202)
395–7561 or jwise@omb.eop.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Presidential Memorandum on
Government Contracting requires the
Director of OMB to develop guidance by
September 30, 2009, for strengthening
several critical aspects of the federal
acquisition system. In 2008, federal
agencies used this system to acquire
more than $500 billion in goods and
services. The Memorandum directs
OMB to focus attention on strengthening
four key areas: (1) Use of competition;
(2) practices for use and oversight of
cost-reimbursement contracts and other
contract types; (3) the capacity and
ability of the acquisition workforce; and
(4) policies addressing when
governmental outsourcing for services is
and is not appropriate. The Presidential
Memorandum requires that OMB issue
guidance addressing each of these areas
by September 30, 2009.
Section 321 of the National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal
Year 2009 further directs OMB, in
consultation with representatives of the
Chief Acquisition Officers (CAO)
Council and the Chief Human Capital
Officers (CHCO) Council to take a
number of steps related to the
government’s management of its multisector workforce of federal employees
and contracted employees. These steps
include reviewing and developing a
single consistent definition of the term
‘‘inherently governmental function’’ and
establishing criteria that agencies may
use to identify critical functions and
positions that, while not inherently
governmental, should be performed
only by Federal Government employees
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to ensure the agency maintains control
of its mission and operations.
OMB is working with officials from
the Department of Defense (DOD), the
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA), the General
Services Administration (GSA), the
Office of Personnel Management (OPM),
and other agencies, including
representatives from the CAO Council
and CHCO Council, to strengthen
practices in the four areas described
above. OMB seeks public input on these
topical areas, including the questions
posed in connection with each of these
areas, as described below:
(1) Maximizing the use of
competition—What are the
government’s greatest barriers to using
competition and what steps can be
taken to maximize competitive
practices? What is the best way to make
certain that the government is not overly
reliant on sole-source contracts (or
contracts with a limited number of
sources)? What are key principles to
avoiding sole-source contracts? When is
use of multiple award task and delivery
order contracts appropriate? What
effect, if any, do the following factors
have in selecting a competition strategy:
nature of the requirements (type of
supplies or services), complexity,
marketplace, knowledge level of the
requirements, terms and conditions,
time available for competing the work,
dollar value, socio-economic
requirements?
(2) Improving practices for selecting
the right contract type—What policies
and practices pose the greatest obstacles
to the government’s ability to achieve
good outcomes in various contract
types? What effect does the
government’s choice of contract type
have on contractor pricing? What
practices might better enable the
government to make better use of fixed
price contracts? How can agencies
improve the use and management of
cost-type, time and material, and labor
hour contracts? Does the Federal
Acquisition Regulation provide
sufficient information on the
appropriate use and management of
various contract types to minimize risk
and maximize the value?
(3) Strengthening the acquisition
workforce—What are best practices,
within Government and industry, for
recruiting, retaining, developing and
promoting high-quality acquisition and
program management professionals and
other mission-critical occupations? How
does an organization conduct
succession management that considers
current needs—both quantitative and
qualitative—and future human capital
requirements? What are the top skills
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gaps in the federal acquisition
workforce (broadly defined to include
not only contracting officers but also
requirements and planning officials, and
program and project managers, and
technical representatives responsible for
managing contract performance on the
contracting officer’s behalf, etc.)? What
are Government and industry best
practices for integrating requirements
development and acquisition? What is
the best method for assuring that
sufficient funding is in place for
effective acquisition oversight and
management?
(4) Managing the multi-sector
workforce—How might the current
definition of inherently governmental
function be clarified to improve
management of the multi-sector
workforce? What types of criteria might
help agencies identify non-inherently
governmental functions that are critical
to an agency, with respect to its unique
missions and structure, and need to be
performed by federal employees in
order for the agency to maintain control
of its mission and operations? What
criteria should agencies use in selecting
activities that might be candidates for in
sourcing? What criteria should agencies
use in deciding whether a government
activity should be competed? How do
federal contracting policies affect
practices in the private sector labor
market? If there are laws, regulations,
policies, or agency practices that a
commenter believes have involved a
misclassification of a function as
inherently governmental or as
commercial, please identify these and
outline your concern in as much detail
as possible, so that this can help to
inform our review.
Jeffrey B. Liebman,
Executive Associate Director, Office of
Management and Budget.
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maturing on or before June 30, 2012.
NCUA published notice of the original
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also published a list of corporates that
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The NCUA Board has determined to
revise and extend the TCCULGP. The
revised TCCULGP will give
participating corporates the option to
issue TCCULGP-guaranteed debt from
July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010 that
matures on or before June 30, 2017. The
revised TCCULGP also modifies the
prices the corporate must pay the
NCUSIF for the guarantee, without
regard to whether the debt was issued
before or after June 30, 2009. Both
corporates participating in the original
TCCULGP, and corporates that declined
to participate in the original TCCULGP,
will be given the option of participating
in the revised TCCULGP.
As with the original TCCULGP,
qualifying debt obligations under the
revised TCCULGP generally include
federal funds purchased, promissory
notes, commercial paper, and
unsubordinated unsecured notes, and
NCUA’s guarantee is subject to terms
and conditions. In addition, corporate
credit unions that participate in the
revised TCCULGP may elect not to offer
the NCUA guarantee on all qualifying
debt obligations.
The TCCULGP guarantee is a
guarantee of timely payment. The
NCUSIF’s obligation to pay holders of
TCCULGP-guaranteed debt will arise
upon the uncured failure of the
corporate credit union to make a timely
payment of principal or interest as
required under the debt instrument.
Upon the occurrence of a payment
default, the NCUSIF will satisfy its
guarantee obligation by making
scheduled payments of principal and
interest pursuant to the terms of the
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debt instrument through maturity
(without regard to default or penalty
provisions).
To ensure that a particular debt
obligation issued after June 30, 2009, is
covered by the revised TCCULGP
guarantee, creditors wishing to take
advantage of the guarantee must:
(1) Ensure the corporate credit union
has elected to participate in the revised
TCCULGP;
(2) Ensure the debt obligation
qualifies for coverage under the terms
and conditions of the revised TCCULGP,
and
(3) Obtain and record a confirmation,
issued by the participating corporate
credit union contemporaneous with the
issuance of the debt obligation, that the
credit union intends that particular
obligation to be guaranteed by the
NCUA.
Once guaranteed by NCUA under the
TCCULGP, qualifying debt will remain
guaranteed until the debt is fully repaid.
NCUA will publish a list of corporates
that have elected to participate in the
revised TCCULGP on NCUA’s Web site
on or before June 30, 2009.
The legal authority for the TCCULGP
is located at 12 U.S.C. 1766(a),
1766(i)(2), 1783(a), 1788(a)(1), and
1789(a)(7). The NCUA, which
administers the NCUSIF, is an
independent agency in the executive
branch of the United States
Government, and the NCUA has
authorized the NCUSIF to issue the
guarantees described in the TCCULGP.
Accordingly, these TCCULGP
guarantees represent obligations of the
United States government and are
backed by its full faith and credit. For
a legal analysis by the U.S. Department
of Justice demonstrating this full faith
and credit, see Debt Obligations of the
National Credit Union Administration, 6
Op. Off. Legal Counsel 262 (1982).
For more information about the
original and revised TCCULGPs,
including terms, conditions, and
participants, interested parties may
contact Senior Analyst Dave Shetler of
the NCUA Office of Corporate Credit
Unions.
Dated: May 21, 2009.
Mary Rupp,
Secretary of the Board.
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Notification of a Public Meeting on the Presidential Memorandum
on Government Contracting
AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the
President.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Presidential Memorandum on Government Contracting, issued
on March 4, 2009, establishes a framework for improving critical
components of the federal acquisition system and management of the
Federal Government's ``multi-sector'' workforce of federal employees
and private sector contractors. The Memorandum directs the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with federal agency
leadership, to improve and strengthen federal contracting practices and
to seek input from the public on the most effective ways to achieve
this goal. Section 321 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
for Fiscal Year 2009 further directs OMB to clarify the definition of
an inherently governmental function and to develop criteria to be used
by agency heads to identify other functions that should only be
performed by Federal employees. The Presidential Memorandum is
available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing_room/PresidentialActions/pg2/. Section 321 may be found at https://www.rules.house.gov/110/text/110_hr5658.pdf.
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In furtherance of the President's Memorandum and section 321 of the
FY 2009 NDAA, OMB invites interested parties from both the public and
private sectors to provide comments on: (1) Maximizing the use of
competition; (2) improving practices for selecting contract types; (3)
strengthening the acquisition workforce; and (4) clarifying when
functions should be performed by federal employees and when contractors
may be appropriately considered.
Interested parties may offer oral and/or written comments at a
public meeting to be held on June 18, 2009. Parties are also encouraged
to provide all written comments directly to https://www.regulations.gov.
DATES: A public meeting will be conducted on June 18, 2009, at 9 a.m.
eastern time and ending no later than 1 p.m. eastern time.
Procedures for the public meeting: The public is asked to pre-
register by June 8, 2009, due to security and seating limitations. To
pre-register, please send an e-mail to Ms. Julia Wise of OFPP at
jwise@omb.eop.gov. Registration check-in will begin at 8 a.m. eastern
time and the meeting will start at 9 a.m. eastern time.
Oral Public Comments: A key purpose of the meeting is to encourage
public comment through dialogue on each of the four topics described
above. Accordingly, one hour will be allotted for each topic. A
facilitator will briefly introduce each topic and organize discussion
through questions.
Parties wishing to make formal oral presentations at the public
meeting must contact Ms. Wise by electronic mail at: jwise@omb.eop.gov
no later than June 8, 2009, to be placed on the public speaker list.
Verbal requests for speaking time will not be taken. Time allocations
for oral presentations will be limited and depend on the number of
requests. All formal oral public comments must also be followed-up in
writing and submitted to https://www.regulations.gov. When submitting
your comments, reference ``Public Comments on the Government
Contracting Memorandum.'' Note: Written statements are strongly
preferred to formal oral presentations in order to provide maximum
opportunity for dialogue with the participants.
Written Comments/Statements: Parties wishing to share written
statements at the public meeting must submit such statements to Ms.
Wise at jwise@omb.eop.gov by June 8, 2009. In lieu of, or in addition
to, participating in the public meeting, interested parties may submit
written comments to https://www.regulations.gov by July 17, 2009. When
submitting your comments, reference ``Public Comments on the Government
Contracting Memorandum.''
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the General Services
Administration Auditorium located at 1800 F Street, NW., Washington, DC
20405. Enter at the second entrance on F Street.
Meeting Accommodations: The public meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Request for sign language interpretation
or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms. Wise at
jwise@omb.eop.gov or (202) 395-7561 by June 8, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For clarification of the subject
matter related to the memorandum: Mr. Mathew Blum, OFPP, (202) 395-4953
or mblum@omb.eop.gov or Ms. Julia Wise, OFPP, (202) 395-7561 or
jwise@omb.eop.gov. For public meeting information and submission of
comment: Ms. Julia Wise, OFPP, (202) 395-7561 or jwise@omb.eop.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Presidential Memorandum on Government
Contracting requires the Director of OMB to develop guidance by
September 30, 2009, for strengthening several critical aspects of the
federal acquisition system. In 2008, federal agencies used this system
to acquire more than $500 billion in goods and services. The Memorandum
directs OMB to focus attention on strengthening four key areas: (1) Use
of competition; (2) practices for use and oversight of cost-
reimbursement contracts and other contract types; (3) the capacity and
ability of the acquisition workforce; and (4) policies addressing when
governmental outsourcing for services is and is not appropriate. The
Presidential Memorandum requires that OMB issue guidance addressing
each of these areas by September 30, 2009.
Section 321 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for
Fiscal Year 2009 further directs OMB, in consultation with
representatives of the Chief Acquisition Officers (CAO) Council and the
Chief Human Capital Officers (CHCO) Council to take a number of steps
related to the government's management of its multi-sector workforce of
federal employees and contracted employees. These steps include
reviewing and developing a single consistent definition of the term
``inherently governmental function'' and establishing criteria that
agencies may use to identify critical functions and positions that,
while not inherently governmental, should be performed only by Federal
Government employees to ensure the agency maintains control of its
mission and operations.
OMB is working with officials from the Department of Defense (DOD),
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the General
Services Administration (GSA), the Office of Personnel Management
(OPM), and other agencies, including representatives from the CAO
Council and CHCO Council, to strengthen practices in the four areas
described above. OMB seeks public input on these topical areas,
including the questions posed in connection with each of these areas,
as described below:
(1) Maximizing the use of competition--What are the government's
greatest barriers to using competition and what steps can be taken to
maximize competitive practices? What is the best way to make certain
that the government is not overly reliant on sole-source contracts (or
contracts with a limited number of sources)? What are key principles to
avoiding sole-source contracts? When is use of multiple award task and
delivery order contracts appropriate? What effect, if any, do the
following factors have in selecting a competition strategy: nature of
the requirements (type of supplies or services), complexity,
marketplace, knowledge level of the requirements, terms and conditions,
time available for competing the work, dollar value, socio-economic
requirements?
(2) Improving practices for selecting the right contract type--What
policies and practices pose the greatest obstacles to the government's
ability to achieve good outcomes in various contract types? What effect
does the government's choice of contract type have on contractor
pricing? What practices might better enable the government to make
better use of fixed price contracts? How can agencies improve the use
and management of cost-type, time and material, and labor hour
contracts? Does the Federal Acquisition Regulation provide sufficient
information on the appropriate use and management of various contract
types to minimize risk and maximize the value?
(3) Strengthening the acquisition workforce--What are best
practices, within Government and industry, for recruiting, retaining,
developing and promoting high-quality acquisition and program
management professionals and other mission-critical occupations? How
does an organization conduct succession management that considers
current needs--both quantitative and qualitative--and future human
capital requirements? What are the top skills
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gaps in the federal acquisition workforce (broadly defined to include
not only contracting officers but also requirements and planning
officials, and program and project managers, and technical
representatives responsible for managing contract performance on the
contracting officer's behalf, etc.)? What are Government and industry
best practices for integrating requirements development and
acquisition? What is the best method for assuring that sufficient
funding is in place for effective acquisition oversight and management?
(4) Managing the multi-sector workforce--How might the current
definition of inherently governmental function be clarified to improve
management of the multi-sector workforce? What types of criteria might
help agencies identify non-inherently governmental functions that are
critical to an agency, with respect to its unique missions and
structure, and need to be performed by federal employees in order for
the agency to maintain control of its mission and operations? What
criteria should agencies use in selecting activities that might be
candidates for in sourcing? What criteria should agencies use in
deciding whether a government activity should be competed? How do
federal contracting policies affect practices in the private sector
labor market? If there are laws, regulations, policies, or agency
practices that a commenter believes have involved a misclassification
of a function as inherently governmental or as commercial, please
identify these and outline your concern in as much detail as possible,
so that this can help to inform our review.
Jeffrey B. Liebman,
Executive Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. E9-12588 Filed 5-28-09; 8:45 am]
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