1. Presented by: Jeremy A. Schlegel STAN SOLOWAY ALAN CHVOTKIN FEDERAL CONTRACTING IN CONTEXT:WHAT DRIVES IT, HOW TO IMPROVE IT

2. STAN SOLOWAY President of the Professional Services Council (PSC) Former Deputy Undersecretary of defense Widely an activist in acquisition, contract management, procurement, outsourcing and privatization issues

3. ALAN CHVOTKIN Executive VP Professional Services Council Various involvements on senate financial/budgetary committees to include national defense Member of National Contract Management Association Former VP of AT&T Government Services (contracting, pricing, compliance)

4. PSC Lobbying Group, Special Interest? The “Unified Voice of the Government Services Industry” The Elite group of Government Contractors Uses influence and ethical standards to increase positive experience with contracting Shapes Public Policy

5. Professional Services Council

6. PSC – Spending Relative to “Top” Political Action Committees

7. Key Thoughts Points out some weaknesses, but is a staunch supporter of the need for contracting in Gov’t The “New Face” of Government will become a permanent feature Contract Administration and acquisition management as a core competency Some fundamental disagreements with other authors in the book

8. Framework The argument surrounding outsourcing requires a factual framework Outsourcing Financial Decision Strategic Decision Political Decision Sometimes politics trumps all!

9. Major Points of Contention Punishment/Enforcement Criminal/Civil Adminisrative Action (i.e. contract renewal) Governmental Oversight Depite claims, Katrina/Iraq possess no “systemic” contracting problems Contradicts Light’s Analysis that… Contracting is used to hide the size of goverment “Shadow” federal workforce outnumbers organic

10. Conclusion Government does not possess the increased specialization required to succeed “Atrophy of core capabilities” of systems engineering, program management, acquisition “Too many layers of non-value added requirements and rules”