...System, The FPDS Federal Procurement Report, January 29, 1996. Procurement Reform Two recent laws, the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 and the Federal Acquisition Reform Act (FARA) as included in the National Defense Authorization Act of 1996, have had, and will continue to...

...the Federal govemment can buy quality commercial items while controlling costs. In fact, as result of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 and the Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1995, FSS will develop new ways to achieve these objectives in a competitive and non-bureaucratic fashion....

...Major Planned Activities: During FY 1996 and 1997, the Office will: •Implement the requirements of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 and the Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1995 with particular emphasis on acquisition workforce career management, performance measurement, workforce...

...equally proud of the bipartisan support and cooperation for procurement reform evidenced in passage of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 and the Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1996. The level of micro management contemplated by HR 2779 runs counter to those significant efforts....

...vigorous reform of the acquisition process. We are implementing the changes authorized by passage of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 and the Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1996. In addition, we recently approved DoD Directive 5000. 1 and DoD Regulation 5000.2, making significant...

...commercial products and to encourage the use of such products in place of government-unique products. The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 and the Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1996 exempted commercial item procurements from a broad range of statutory requirements, including...

...purchases under $2,500. The Congress has assisted us considerably in these endeavors, notably by passage of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 and the Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1995, enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY96 . In terms of process, we are doing...

...address these concerns. We agree and so note in our report that these initiatives, and those mandated in the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 and the Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1996, if fully implemented, can help resolve this long-standing departmental problem. Appendix V Major...

...make information technology acquisitions with efficiencies comparable to those in the private sector. The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 and the Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1995 removed many of the statutory and paperwork requirements associated with buying commercial items. But...

...purchases under $2,500. The Congress has assisted us considerably in these endeavors, notably by passage of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 and the Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1995, enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY96 . In terms of process, we are doing...