Improve Management of Major AcquisitionsDownload the latest Action Plan and Progress Update
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Goal Leader:
Barry Berkowitz
Senior Procurement Executive Department of Commerce, Department of Commerce
Goal Leader:
Mathew Blum
Associate Administrator Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget
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❝Improving the management of major acquisitions will help ensure taxpayer dollars fund agency missions instead of expensive overruns and project failures.❞
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Every CFO Act agency will successfully achieve at least two transformational program goals over the coming year through well-managed major acquisitions supporting a transformative critical or high-risk mission priority.
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Major acquisitions—which vary in size by agency but often exceed $50 million—account for approximately one-third of annual Federal spend on contracts. These large contracts frequently support projects meant to transform areas of critical need. Yet major acquisitions often fail to achieve their goals because many Federal managers lack the program management and acquisition skills required to successfully manage and integrate large and complex acquisitions into their projects. These shortcomings are compounded by complex acquisition rules that reward compliance over creativity and results.
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Agencies and their contractors will successfully meet taxpayer expectations and performance goals on key transformational projects across the Government—from upgrading hospitals to better meet veterans needs to integrating technology into conducting a modern and efficient census to achieving IT modernization needs for a 21st century Government.
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September 19, 2019
September 2019 Updates Show Progress on Cross-Agency and Agency Priority Goals
Today, teams tasked with implementing the Federal government’s high-priority initiatives released their September 2019 progress updates for both Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) Goals and Agency Priority Goals (APGs).
June 20, 2019
Summer Updates Show Progress on Cross-Agency and Agency Priority Goals
Today, teams tasked with implementing the Federal government’s high-priority initiatives released their June 2019 progress updates for both Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) Goals and Agency Priority Goals (APGs).
