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Modernizing America’s Child Welfare Data Collection System

Keeping track of the services received by the more than 500,000 children in America’s child welfare system is a daunting task. So too is the state--by-state assessment and evaluation process-the Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSRs)--which is conducted by the Children’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Until recently, the data collection system had been paper-based, which made data analysis tedious, time-consuming, and difficult.

Under a contract with the Children’s Bureau, JBS International, Inc., an award-winning, women-owned business based in Bethesda, Maryland, converted the outmoded paper-based system to an automated, state-of-the-art data management system. The new automated system enables HHS reviewers working on site in each state to collect and upload raw review data instantly to a central server. Further, the system presents the data in user-friendly formats and generates automated reports that the Children’s Bureau uses to analyze the results. Read full story.

Myth: "Fixed-price contracting" is preferable to "cost-plus contracting" because cost-type contracts place all of the financial risk on the government. Find the facts here!

Did you know that more than 75 percent of small business set aside contracts are awarded competitively?

Presidential Candidates Talk About Improving Federal Contracting

October 30, 2008
With the presidential election only a few days away, Senators John McCain and Barack Obama have had several opportunities to express their views on government management and contracting while on the campaign trail. Read more about their proposals.

Advice for Treasury When Contracting for Finanical Recovery Assistance

October 30,2008
The former Senior Procurement Executive at the Transportation Department when the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was being created provides some sage advice on contracting for those in the new Treasury Office of Financial Responsibility. David Litman, in an October 15 article in Government Executive, advises that if the Treasury Department wants to avoid making some of the same mistakes TSA made when it was first organizing, “people must take priority over process in developing an acquisition program for the new office.” Read more.

EEO Cases Resolved Faster, Cheaper

Federal Times, August 25, 2008
Contractor employees hired to investigate federal-sector discrimination cases are doing the job 35 percent faster and for less than half the cost of federal employees, a new study shows. Read more.

CBO Report Debunks Common Myths on Cost, Role of Contractors in Iraq

August 12, 2008
A Congressional Budget Office report released today titled “Contractors’ Support of U.S. Operations in Iraq” dispels some of the most common myths about the role of contractors supporting the U.S. operations in Iraq. Read more.

Think tank calls competitive sourcing a winning tool for taxpayers

Government Executive, August 8, 2008
An annual report from a libertarian think tank highlights competitive sourcing as a way for the government to save taxpayers money, despite recent legislative attacks that have slowed the effort. Read more.