NASA Centers to Manage Unbundled Contract
NASA detailed its preliminary plans for unbundling the $3.4 billion Consolidated Space Operations Contract and dividing the work among its field centers.

Congressmen Oppose Army Outsourcing
More than 60 House members are urging the Army to seek congressional approval before moving forward with the largest outsourcing initiative in history.

USDA Pushes Contracts for Rural Southwest Border Businesses
The Department of Agriculture is working to steer federal contracts to small businesses in economically depressed rural areas along the Mexican border.

OMB Orders Agencies to Review Regulations
The Office of Management and Budget has directed federal agencies to examine 267 regulations that were nominated by the public as candidates for reform.

GSA May Eliminate Some Schedule, FTS Contracts
The General Services Administration has announced a reorganization of its two biggest contracting arms, the Federal Supply Service and the Federal Technology Service, and will review the two services’ information technology contracting vehicles to determine whether some are duplicative and unnecessary.

Printing Office Wins Budget Contract; OMB Pushes Competition Rule
The Government Printing Office has won the contract to print President Bush’s 2004 budget, after underbidding private contractors in a controversial competition orchestrated by the Office of Management and Budget.