Competitive
SourcingCompetitive
Sourcing
"Government should be market-based - we should not be afraid of competition, innovation, and choice. I will open government to the discipline of competition."
Competitive Sourcing is the act of exposing Government activities to competition with the private sector. The process of competition provides an imperative for the public sector to focus on continuous improvement and removing roadblocks to better performance and greater efficiency. The objective is to focus on the most effective and efficient way of accomplishing the agency's mission regardless of whether it is done by civil servants or contractors.
Letter to NASA Employees from the Administrator
FAQs on NASA Competitive Sourcing
FAQs from the Reason Institute
Overview -- 2007 NASA FAIR Act Inventory
2007 NASA FAIR Act Inventory of Commercial Activities – in PDF
2007 NASA FAIR Act Inventory of Inherently Governmental Activities – in PDF
Overview -- 2006 NASA FAIR Act Inventory
2006 NASA FAIR Act Inventory of Commercial Activities – in PDF
2006 NASA FAIR Act Inventory of Inherently Governmental Activities – in PDF
Overview -- 2005 NASA FAIR Act Inventory
2005 NASA FAIR Act Inventory of Commercial Activities – in PDF
2005 NASA FAIR Act Inventory of Inherently Governmental Activities – in PDF
Overview -- 2004 NASA FAIR Act Inventory
2004 NASA FAIR Act Inventory of Commercial Activities – in PDF
2004 NASA FAIR Act Inventory of Inherently Governmental Activities – in PDF
OMB
Circular A-76 (Revised May 29, 2003) (an
OMB website)
The Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act (FAIR), P.L. 105-270 (OMB Resources, Inventories, and Agency Guidance)
President's Management Agenda (NASA Site)
OMB Report on Competitive Sourcing Results - Fiscal Year 2003 – in PDF (a White House website)
OMB Report on Competitive Sourcing Results - Fiscal Year 2004 – in PDF (a White House website)
Related Competitive Sourcing Links
NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC)
NSSC Lessons LearnedMetallic Test Article Development and General and Precision Machining Services (Langley Research Center)
HQ and Center Points of Contact - currently being updated
Competitive Sourcing Review Board (CSRB) membership
Historical - NASA's Ten Year Look Back 1993-2002
NASA's Report to Congress on FY 2003 Competitive Sourcing Efforts - announced – in PDF, completed – in PDF
NASA's Report to Congress on FY 2004 Competitive Sourcing Efforts – in PDF
NASA's Report to Congress on FY 2005 Competitive Sourcing Efforts – in PDF
Owner: Ann Sharpe, ann.sharpe@nasa.gov
Curator: Susie Marucci, susie.marucci@nasa.gov
Updated: June 2008