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Work cited by the Office of Management and Budget

The White House’s Office of Management and Budget recently issued a policy memorandum on how federal agencies are to undertake human resource planning for their contracting and acquisition workforce, the action plan cites a paper co-written by Trevor Brown, associate director for Academic Affairs and Research at the Glenn School.

The paper, Managing Public Service Contracts: Aligning Values, Institutions, and Markets, was co-written by Brown, Matthew Potoski of Iowa State University and David M. Van Slyke of Syracuse University and was published in 2006.

The Office of Management and Budget is a Cabinet-level office and is responsible for helping the President in the preparation of the federal budget to supervise its administration in Executive Branch agencies. The OMB evaluates the effectiveness of agency programs, policies, and procedures; assesses competing funding demands among agencies, and sets funding priorities. It also oversees and coordinates the Administration's procurement, financial management, information, and regulatory policies.