President Bush’s 2006 budget proposal would kill 99 federal programs and substantially cut funding for 55 more.

The cuts would save $20 billion, according to OMB. The administration has targeted some of the same programs for elimination in past years, but they were saved by friends in Congress. The list of programs is at www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2006/pdf/savings.pdf.

The Food and Drug Administration plans to accelerate its procurement over the next few weeks as it prepares to implement a new accounting system, according to Marketing Outsource Associates Inc.

FDA offices have been told to process as many requisitions as possible by March 18 so that awards can be made before the old accounting system is shut down at the end of that month. FDA’s parent, the Health and Human Services Department, plans to install a new Unified Financial Management System by the end of April, reducing the department’s accounting systems from five to two.

FDA also plans to implement a new iProcurement system in April that is designed to streamline the management of requisitions, purchase orders, RFQs and receipts.

Online registration is open for SBA Expo ’05. The annual celebration of Small Business Week will take place April 26-28 in Washington.

Early-bird registration costs $400 through March 24, $450 thereafter. Register through the website www.sba.gov/expo.

GSA has named Emily Murphy its chief acquisition officer. She had been SBA’s acting associate administrator for government contracting.

Among other duties, Murphy will manage GSA’s “Get It Right” program to improve compliance with contracting rules.

SBA is granting a waiver of the nonmanufacturer rule for adhesives and sealants manufacturing, NAICS code 325520. The agency said no small manufacturers are supplying these classes of products to the government. The waiver is effective Feb. 24.