4446400 Public Oversight Roundtable Notice on Implementation of the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget and Procurement Reform Initiative at the Office of Contracting and Procurement

CHAIRMAN PHIL MENDELSON

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC OVERSIGHT ROUNDTABLE

on

Implementation of the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget and Procurement Reform Initiative
at the Office of Contracting and Procurement

on

Thursday, July 11, 2013

12:00 p.m., Hearing Room 412, John A. Wilson Building

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

 

Council Chairman Phil Mendelson announces a public oversight roundtable of the Committee of the Whole on the Implementation of the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget and Procurement Reform Initiative at the Office of Contracting and Procurement.  The public roundtable hearing will be held Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. in Hearing Room 412 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. 

 

The purpose of this oversight roundtable is to receive testimony from the Office of Contracting and Procurement (OCP) on its preparations for implementing of the Fiscal Year 2014 budget.  The Council-approved budget contain a $2.76 million increase over the current fiscal year budget which will support full implementation of the Procurement Practices Reform Act of 2010, additional staff, and investment in training.  In addition, earlier this year, OCP began implementation of a procurement reform initiative aimed at improving the procurement process.  According to testimony during its budget and oversight hearings, OCP has begun implementation of this initiative which will also be supported by the additional funds provided in the budget.

 

Testimony at this roundtable is limited to government representatives.  Questions can be directed to Evan Cash, Committee Director, at [e-mail].  Witnesses are encouraged, but not required, to submit 15 copies of written testimony.  If submitted by the close of business on July 11, 2013, the testimony will be distributed to Councilmembers before the hearing. 

 

Written comments are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record.  Copies of written statements should be submitted to the Committee of the Whole, Council of the District of Columbia, Suite 410 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20004.  The record will close at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 25, 2013.