Acquisition

GSA picks Symplicity -- again -- to redo FedBizOpps.gov

The contract has been hung up in protests for more than three years.

Acquisition

USDA first to award SmartBuy encryption contract

The department awarded SafeBoot a $1.8 million contract to provide 180,000 licenses for the company's encryption services and support.

Acquisition

SBA to focus on women’s centers

Lawmakers are frustrated by SBA’s lack of progress in meeting 5 percent goal

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DIA to consolidate intell support

New award would reduce number of vendors so the agency can streamline its oversight

Acquisition

PCs come full circle

Virtual desktop software is the latest spin on server-based PC computing

Acquisition

Meet small-biz goals or face consequences, officials say

That could be one remedy to half of federal departments' missing their small-business contracting goals.

Acquisition

USPS taps Northrop to analyze systems

The Postal Service wants independent verification and validation services for its delivery and retail systems.

Acquisition

Treasury awards AT&T $270 million Networx task order

The department awarded AT&T a similar contract almost three years ago.

Acquisition

FEMA official: Local businesses must understand federal procurement

Those businesses' ability to understand federal contracting in an emergency such as Hurricane Katrina is crucial, FEMA's acquisitions director said.

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EPA taps Microsoft for mapping help

The agency will use the company's Virtual Earth program to help track environmental data.

Acquisition

Petrillo: Wrong lessons learned

Procurement changes in the 1990s were radical departures from hard-won lessons of the past

Acquisition

Editorial: A Sun mess

The long-festering battle between Sun Microsystems and the government about allegations that the company overcharged agencies needs to end.

Acquisition

Sun cancels its GSA schedule

Experts vary on how Sun’s long dispute with GSA could affect schedule program

Acquisition

Security convergence means seeing the big picture

Employees who work in separate departments of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service regularly come together to discuss security convergence: bringing together building and network security operations.

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Convergence is more than buzz

GSA seeks to revamp schedules to reflect merging of physical and computer security

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Perplexed by the GSA-Sun issue

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Acquisition

Sun pulls out of GSA schedules contract

Sun officials said the company will remain a federal contractor, but won't have a GSA MAS contract.

Acquisition

Wagner: Year-end spending

Deadlines for submitting acquisition requests are coming earlier each year, so be forewarned.