Acquisition
Signing up for OASIS, struggling to count contractors and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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DHS IG: S&T Directorate needs better contract oversight
The Science and Technology Directorate said it will have strengthened contracting documentation processes in place by summer.
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GSA pricing, tech bills, Data Act oversight and anti-robocall prizes
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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OFPP set for new IT acquisition initiatives
Anne Rung says category management memo was a good start, but more changes are coming.
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DHS names first task order 2 award under CDM
The first award went to Knowledge Consulting Group, which will implement tools and services from three vendors.
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Software-defined networking key to Lockheed's DISA deal
It has been more than two years since Lockheed Martin nabbed a $4.6 billion contract to manage DOD's global data network.
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Consolidation, culture and one very big contract
David Bowen, the Defense Health Agency's director of health IT, has a seriously complex to-do list.
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How CIOs can prep for FITARA
Former Justice Department CIO Van Hitch says it's not too early for his former colleagues to get ready to use their new authority.
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VISTA-based solution eliminated from DoD health record procurement
VA CIO Steph Warren was "disappointed" that a VISTA solution would not prevail at the Pentagon.
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Air Force reinstates FedBid
Negotiated agreement means the reverse auction provider, suspended late last month, can resume federal business now that Chairman Ali Saadat has resigned.
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Database costs, paper-less procurement, Lockheed hires and a loss for ID management
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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DOD shutters two 'influence' websites covering Africa
Similar sites covering the Persian Gulf and Central Asia remain in operation.
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Is government ready for agile?
"That's like asking whether the government is ready for oxygen," said 18F co-founder Robert Read. "It needs it, whether it knows it needs it or not."
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Obama gets an earful about acquisition
GSA's FAS leader has briefed the president on the agency's acquisition improvement efforts.
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IT acquisition failures land on high-risk list
Technology problems are at the heart of a number of programs on GAO’s list of troubled federal initiatives.
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DHS wants to EASE into new cyber defenses
Enterprise automated security environment is a way of thinking, not a specific system, says a DHS request for information.
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CTO to agencies: Be a good customer
One way of being a better customer, says federal CTO Megan Smith, is to develop a contracting process more in touch with vendors.
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