Use this version. Email this to a friend. The announcement that President Bush has nominated Angela Styles to be administratorat the Office of Federal Procurement Policy is good news. OFPP has lackedpolitical leadership for almost a year, and one can only hope that the Senatewill promptly confirm her.
Styles has a relatively narrow background in terms of procurement policy.
This background suggests the challenge Styles will face as she assumesher duties. Another 15 percent involves situations wherea policy is in the interest of the government and either is a matter ofindifference to, or may hurt, many or most contractors. For example, although some revisions to Part 15 of the Federal AcquisitionRegulation several years ago were in the interest of government and contractors,other parts increased the government's bargaining power and were not greetedwith joy by many contractors. This analysis has several implications. The first is that the sweetspot for procurement reform has been and is in the 70 percent of issueswhere the interests of government and industry coincide.