Now that the DOGE team has progressed the cancellation on work and contracts that was deemed not a fit to the new administrations agenda, some of their focus looks to be shifting to the actual federal procurement and contract management functions and processes that put all the current work in place.

This is welcome news to many in the GovCon space I would expect as the current approach and regulatory environment is not benefiting the government or industry across the board. More specifically, by the end of March, it looks like all agencies will have to analyze current contract spending as well as acquisition policies, procedures and personnel.

A telling data point from the article at the link below includes: “What are the policies and procedures built up over time and are burdening the workforce? If we can find a way to do risk management versus being so risk intolerant that would be a good start,” he said. “I’d start with the idea of needing so many internal reviews for contracts. You have warranted and trained contracting officers, but in a lot of cases you have 1-2-3 layers of reviews of their work before it gets completed. That is a lot of oversight and reporting.”

Hopefully this analysis and any actions from it set the foundation for an improved and evolved approach to how the government more effectively procures products, solutions, services with a focus on efficiency and return on investment.

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