2022 PSC Policy Priorities

PSC Public Policy Stephanie Sanok Kostro Executive Vice President for Policy Kostro@pscouncil.org // 202.277.2716

PSC Policy Priorities for 2022 • Cost, Accounting, & Administration

• Workforce

• Lower Barriers to Entry / Promotion of Competition

• Technology & Innovation

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Inflation Supply chain risks Reimbursable costs / equitable adjustments PALT LPTA Improved transparency in government procurement approaches (e.g., DoD O&M) • Enhanced debriefings

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Innovation and competition Administration’s small business goals Cooperative agreements FFRDCs

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Return to office Tight market for talent Security clearances Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Business process and decision-making factors

• Cybersecurity • CMMC • “Colorless money”

Note: Topics within the above lines of effort are fluid, allowing PSC to be responsive in real-time to changing govcon dynamics.

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Recent Activities on Policy Priorities (Illustrative List)

Cost, Accounting, & Administration

• 3/21 – PSC letter to DoD on importance of continuing increased progress payments in the face of supply chain challenges. Conversations are ongoing.

• 3/14 – PSC comments to GSA on inflation, supply chains, and price adjustments On 3/17, GSA place a temporary moratorium on price adjustments. Conversations with other agencies / offices are ongoing.

Lower Barriers to Entry / Promotion of Competition

• 2/16 – PSC op-ed in response to DoD’s State of Competition in the Defense Industrial Base report to the White House. Conversations are ongoing.

Workforce

• 3/11 – PSC’s Coronavirus Resource Center most recent post on the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force’s updated guidance on federal contractors, facility access, and vaccinations

Technology & Innovation

• 3/10 – First meeting of PSC’s reinvigorated, expanded Technology & Innovation Council Executive Advisory Board. More Tech & Innovation topics can be found in the 3/1 PSC Spotlight.

3 info on PSC activities and accomplishments in 2021, see our 2021 Annual Report.

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