Administration gives Congress 20 more ideas to reform acquisition
Administration gives Congress 20 more ideas to reform acquisition  
Podcast: The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
Published On: Mon Aug 03 2026
Description: The Trump administration has 20 additional ideas for improving federal acquisition. These range from dramatically increasing the simplified acquisition and micro purchase thresholds to raising the dollar figures on task order protests to allocating more money for acquisition workforce training. The Office of Management and Budget submitted these legislative proposals to Congress earlier this month. For more on what OMB is asking for, Federal News Network executive editor Jason Miller joins me now.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.