Declining budgets... a dwindling workforce... constant streams of changing rules and regulations... Challenging issues by themselves, but how can you cope with these while facing intense oversight scrutiny from agency management, auditors, the IG, Congress, GAO, and OMB? Acquisition increasingly operates "under the microscope" with an intensifying focus on real competition, price reasonableness, conflicts of interest, interagency contracting, program management and file documentation? Oversight can keep you up at night.

Engaging oversight organizations constructively at the outset and on regular basis promotes understanding, enhances protection of the fiduciary interest of the government, ensures compliance with regulations, and minimizes time-consuming audits, inquiries, and investigations. More importantly, it enables you to deliver quality goods and services at a fair price in a timely manner -- reinforcing the importance of acquisition as a mission critical function.

Clear insight into operations often is the best oversight -- far more effective than after-the-fact compliance reviews. Comprehensive evaluation and process methodologies inspired by and aligned with the GAO Framework for Assessing the Acquisition Function provide effective management insight into operations and promote continuous improvement.

This approach enables you to:

• Effectively plan for oversight
• Standardize policy and process for consistency
• Communicate with overseers early and continually
• Develop and implement corrective actions
• Consider and adapt leading practices
• Measure your own performance against a nationwide database.

OVERSIGHT Compliance-Focused Reactive Resistance After the Fact Externally Driven Iterative Improvement

INSIGHT Results-Focused Active Cooperative Continual Self-Assessment Continuous

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