Publish Key Acquisition/Procurement Documents for Public Scrutiny
Only a few procurement-related documents (and the accompanying decision rationales) are now available for public scrutiny, but the vast majority ...more »
Only a few procurement-related documents (and the accompanying decision rationales) are now available for public scrutiny, but the vast majority are exempted under current FOIA Rules. Internal-agency documents such as bundling analyses, acquisition strategies and noncompetitive justifications should be available to the public for procurements above the simpflified acquisition threshold (or some other reasonable threshold) since they contain the government's strategy, rationale and decisions for pursuing specific procurement activities. If the government's strategy, rationale and decisions are flawed, they need to be dealt with early-on in the acquisition process and not later. Taxpayers will save millions of dollars by being able to challenge flawed procurement programs and strategies at the beginning of the process instead of waiting until it's too late and reading horror stories on the front page of the Washington Post or in GAO reports.
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