Political Quotes

“last Thursday, I submitted amendment No. 3273 to the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2005 revising and extending the authority for the advisory panel to the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy on review of government procurement laws and regulations This amendment is intended to ensure that small business interests are represented both in the membership of the panel and in its activities. The advisory panel was created in Section 1423 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2004, and was mandated to focus on laws and regulations concerning the use of commercial practices, performance-based contracting, the performance of acquisition functions across agency lines of responsibility, and the use of government-wide contracts. The panel was required to issue a report a year after appointment, but, otherwise, the panel has no subset date. While the panel was to study contracting laws in different contexts, small business was not one of them. Further, Section 1423 provided that appointments were to be made in consultation with several government agencies and Congressional committees involved in procurement policy. Again, neither the Small Business Administration nor the Congressional Small Business Committees were mentioned. Finally, there as no mention of small business with regard to the panel's report.”