Acquisition
Deadline extended for Rising Star nominations
Got some early-career colleagues who are doing great things in federal IT? Nominate them for FCW's 2016 Rising Star awards.
Acquisition
Alliant 2 hits the street
The General Services Administration is seeking proposals from vendors on its $50 billion Alliant 2 IT services contracts.
Acquisition
New procurement rule boosts price transparency
GSA hailed a big change to transactional data reporting rules for its Federal Supply Schedules Program as a pivotal moment in procurement.
Acquisition
Supreme Court sharpens False Claims Act definitions
A recent Supreme Court ruling covering the False Claims Act is going to change the way contractors do business with the federal government.
Acquisition
DOD officials say IT acquisition rules still woefully outdated
Acquisition reform has typically been iterative, via the annual defense policy bill. That approach has still left acquisition officials wanting for a means of speeding up the process.
Acquisition
FBI bullish on enterprise services
"It's a major change internally within the FBI [in] how we buy stuff," FBI Chief Acquisition Officer Paul Courtney said.
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How agencies seek to shape the acquisition process
Revamping the federal acquisition process requires innovation and a creative approach to break with the way things have been done and appeal to the incoming workforce.
Acquisition
Carper takes on acquisition in NDAA amendment
A proposed amendment to the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act seeks to make broad but incremental changes to acquisition rules across government.
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The time for category management is now
And buy-in from leaders is the key to locking in lasting benefits.
Acquisition
House to vote on bill to trim federal software spend
A bill requiring agency CIOs to streamline software spending is expected to pass the House of Representatives on June 7.
Acquisition
Sandia Labs management contract officially up for grabs
Multiple proposals are expected for the contract to run the Sandia National Laboratories starting in mid-2017.
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Feds seek contractor emissions data
A proposed new Federal Acquisitions Regulation rule would require federal suppliers to supply yearly greenhouse gas emissions data.
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A pivot to post-award
What contracting officer representatives really think is needed to fix contract management.
Acquisition
OPM: Contractor's departure will not affect operations
Imperatis had been awarded a crucial contract to carry out the Shell modernization project for OPM. The firm has quit due to "financial distress," according to OPM.
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Help us find the Rising Stars
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2016 Rising Star Awards.
Acquisition
Struggling HUD pins hopes on portfolio management
After burning through $240 million a few years ago, the agency is trying to tighten its grip on IT spending.
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What getting to agile looks like from the trenches
Steve Kelman talks to a longtime contracting officer about the realities of making agile work for an agency.
Acquisition
Techies make the 'Sammies' finals
Serving citizens – and those around the world – is what drives feds to apply technology to their work.
Acquisition
HPC boosters back FITARA exemption for national labs
At a Capitol Hill conference, high-performance computer operators and vendors said the powerful machines should not be categorized as garden-variety IT for the purposes of procurement.
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