Women's Set-Aside is Still Months Away
A new review to determine eligibility for the women’s business set-aside program will begin shortly, but implementation of the long-delayed program is still many months away.

GSA Advantage Attracts Many Browsers, Few Buyers
GSA Advantage, the main online shopping mall for federal agencies, is attracting far more window-shoppers than buyers and needs a new business plan, the General Accounting Office reported.

OMB Wrestles with Competitive Sourcing Rules
The Office of Management and Budget is considering a streamlined competition procedure to determine whether contractors can take over the work of small government offices, replacing the current practice of direct conversion, which gives federal employees in those small units no opportunity to compete for their jobs.

Labor Department Rewrites Rules for Overtime Pay
The Labor Department has rewritten rules governing overtime pay for the first time in nearly half a century, proposing that any full-time employee earning less than $22,100 a year would automatically be entitled to overtime pay regardless of job description.

OMB Looks at Subcontracting Plans
The Office of Management and Budget has assembled an interagency working group to look at subcontracting issues.