Consultant Registration and Reform Act of 1988

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Consultant Registration and Reform Act of 1988 - Prohibits a Federal agency from awarding a contract for advisory and assistance services estimated to cost more than $25,000 unless a notice describing such contract is published in the Commerce Business Daily at least 30 days before the award. (Describes advisory and assistance services as those services acquired by an agency from any nongovernment source, by contract, to support or improve agency policy development, decisionmaking, management, and administration, or to support or improve the operation of management systems.) Provides an exception from such notice requirement if an agency's need for services is of such an unusual or compelling urgency that the United States would be injured as a result of delaying the award. Requires an agency employee to provide the Inspector General or comparable official of such agency with justification of a services contract before such contract is awarded, 30 days after it is awarded, and whenever it is modified. Sets forth information to be included in reports submitted to an agency to identify reports prepared by contractors. Requires the head of an agency that awarded a services contract to…