More news on the contracting front this week (in addition to Craig's post earlier today). The House Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement held a hearing on the status of government contracting reform (here's a Government Executive article summarizing the hearing). Contracing expert and all around good guy Scott Amey, general counsel for the Project on Government Oversight, testified during the hearing on efforts to bring more competition, oversight, and transparency to the contracting process. You can read his excellent testimony to the committee regarding a number of pending pieces of legislation as well as the recommendations of the Federal Acquisition Advisory Panel on POGO's website.