Acquisition
FedBid emerging from a tough winter, says CEO
"Nine months ago we had 75 agency customers. We still have 75 agency customers," says former OFPP head Joe Jordan.
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18F readies agile BPA
The 18-page RFQ aims to establish a common contracting vehicle for agencies seeking vendors specializing in agile delivery services.
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Is NetCents-2 finally cleared for takeoff?
After more than a year of protests and re-competes, the Air Force's big IT acquisition vehicle is close to being fully open for business.
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VA set to test new-look health record interface
VA's pending system helps solve the agency's internal interoperability problems, while extending data to the DoD.
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Spires: Some agencies will struggle with FITARA implementation
The former DHS CIO will tell Congress how experienced government and industry IT hands can support the new acquisition legislation.
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Should the National Labs be exempt from FITARA?
Senate bill carves out exemption for supercomputing and other lab IT; an earlier version of the measure would have exempted the entire Department of Energy.
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OFPP to issue acquisition lab guidance
Using HHS Buyers Club as a model, the procurement office wants to encourage other agencies to launch acquisition innovation labs.
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OFPP issues guidance on reverse auctions
GAO studies have shown increasing use of reverse auctions, including some instances where they weren't used very effectively.
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Mobile app criteria, new Snowden revelations and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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IARPA looks to the crowd
The intelligence R&D lab wants a platform for crowdsourcing the development and refining of arguments.
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Health IT, one-stop convenience pitched as NITAAC advantages
Sorting out the alphabet soup of federal acquisition options means focusing on what your agency values most.
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HHS Buyers Club tees up second RFP
The HHS acquisition innovator is looking for a vendor to handle a web overhaul for the Office of Population Affairs.
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Modified BPA for CDM coming within 30 days
The crucial next phase of the $6 billion acquisition vehicle will focus on identity management.
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GSA agile RFP expected this week
The goal of the proposed blanket purchase agreement would be to decrease software acquisition cycles to less than four weeks.
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GSA sees common cause with SEWP, NITAAC
There is inherent tension among the various IT sources for federal buyers, but GSA's Mary Davie says there is plenty of business to go around.
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The urgency behind DOD's acquisition reform efforts
Better Buying Power 3.0 has a geostrategic urgency and emphasis on cybersecurity that was missing from earlier iterations.
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Focus on EIS transition pushes regional telecom contracts aside
GSA decides to cancel three "bridge" contracts, and says the EIS RFP will slip to September.
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A cyber RFP re-do, USDA's new web portal, ITES-3S updates and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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