PSC Policy Lines of Effort

2024 PSC Policy Lines of Effort
PSC has identified five areas of focus to be given prioritized attention this year.

Policy Lines of Effort

Costs of Doing Business with the Federal Government
PSC is working tirelessly to mitigate the negative effects of inflation on the government services contractor. We also seek to help secure federal supply chains, reduce acquisition lead times, support best value contracting as well as fair and appropriate cost accounting and administration of federal contracts, and encourage greater transparency and industry-government communication in acquisition approaches.
Key topics include: Budget uncertainties / Cost realism / Inflation / Compliance / Tax policies (e.g., R&D tax amortization) / Procurement administrative lead time (PALT)

Lower Barriers to Entry/Promotion of Competition
PSC seeks to promote innovation and competition in the federal contracting marketplace for all services contractors of all sizes, including but not limited to working with U.S. Government officials on small business utilization to support growth where desired, recognition of the value that mid-sized companies bring to federal contracts, and appropriate use of other transaction agreements, cooperative agreements, and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers.
Key topics include: Health of industrial base | Lowest Price, Technically Acceptable (LPTA) contracts / Government-wide contracting/category management / Administration's small business emphasis / Access to mid-sized companies / Teaming arrangements and joint ventures

Workforce
PSC seeks to support human capital and labor policies that allow the federal government and its contracting partners to recruit, train, promote, and retain a world-class skilled workforce. Focus areas include but are not limited to: workforce implications of higher-than-expected inflation; diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility throughout the combined federal workforce; improved security clearance processes; reasonable return-to-work-facility and remote working policies; and efforts to address acquisition knowledge gaps resulting from workforce transitions.
Key topics include: Ability to recruit from an available pool of qualified talent | USG labor categories and rates | Personnel security clearances | Sufficiency and training of USG contracting officers / Labor statues, regulations and court cases

Technology, Innovation, and Modernization
PSC supports efforts to align federal government requirements with access to innovative contractor capabilities at the speed of relevance. Thus, PSC seeks to help advance acquisition processes that can better offer such access, as well as technology and innovation funding to support fielding of cutting-edge capabilities as necessary to accomplish the government’s critical missions. In addition, PSC is working to promote cybersecurity models that ensure safety and reliability of cyber infrastructure while also preventing, or eliminating, overly burdensome or unnecessarily duplicative contractor reporting requirements.
Key topics include: Outcome-based contracting (e.g., for data, robotics) / Access to, and use of, innovative solutions / Accelerate innovation cycles and solution delivery / Artificial Intelligence / Cybersecurity / Customer Experience

Supply Chain and Logistics
Key topics include: Operations in contested environments / Supply chain illumination and resilience | Sourcing requirements | Surge capacities and capabilities

Policy Actions
PSC Responses to Regulatory and Other Requests for Comments

Date	Comments	Link	Recipient
2/26/2024	DoD Proposed Rule: Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program	Comments	DoD
2/26/2024	DoD Proposed Rule: Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program	Comments	DoD
2/12/2024	National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM); Amendment	Comments	DoD
2/9/2024	Proposed Rule Small Business Size Standards: Revised Size Standards Methodology	Comments	SBA
2/2/2024	Standardizing Cybersecurity Requirements for Unclassified Federal Information Systems (FAR Case 2021-019)	Comments	FAR Council
2/2/2024	Cyber Threat and incident Reporting and Information Sharing (FAR Case 2021-017)	Comments	FAR Council
2/2/2024	Interim Rule: Implementation of Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders	Comments	FAR Council
1/31/2024	PSC Urges Congress to Pass Bipartisan Efforts on Treatment of R&D Expenses	Press Statement	Media/Hill
1/30/2024	Support for S.3626, Conforming Procedures for Federal Task and Delivery Order Contracts Act and S.3594, Source code Harmonization and Reuse in Information Technology Act	Letter - link TBP	Sen Gary Peters (HSGAC)
1/26/2024	NIST SP 800-171, Rev. 3 (Final Public Draft)	Comments	NIST
1/16/2024	OMB Circular "Strategic Management of Acquisition Data and Information"	Comments	OFPP
1/16/2024	Alliant 3 GWAC Second Draft RFP	Comments	GSA

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