Acquisition & Assistance Management Division, 84-27800
Karla Smiley, Manager
Responsible for Reclamation's acquisition and financial assistance management. Implements new legislative initiatives; conducts Reclamation-wide reviews and oversight functions of individual actions; issues and maintains Reclamation-wide acquisition and financial assistance guidance; manages financial assistance activities; coordinates responses to Protests and Mistakes in Bids; and provides technical assistance to field personnel.
Manages Reclamation-wide acquisition programs: Business and Economic Development Program (BEDP); Procurement Professionalism Program; Contracting Officer Warrant System; Performance Measurement; Public Law 93-638 program (Indian Self-Determination, Education and Assistance Act); and Reclamation-wide acquisition and assistance data collection and reporting requirements.
Vacant, Manager
Performs contracting, financial assistance, and simplified acquisition services in support of the CODO and, on an ad hoc basis, the Commissioner's Office in Washington. Responds to requests from other bureaus and agencies for contracting assistance under interagency agreements, e.g., environmental remediation for the Environmental Protection Agency. Provides acquisition methods to satisfy CODO's procurement requirements, most of which are complex and nonroutine.
Last revised: May 15, 2008