Acquisition
ICE wants license plate database for field agents
A solicitation said the database service should track vehicle license plate numbers captured by several sources, including cameras, law enforcement and repo men.
Modernization
Veterans Affairs seeks solutions to its storage problem
Department wants vendor input on storage-on-demand options.
Acquisition
Obama signs contractor minimum wage order
The executive order will apply only to new federal contracts or contract replacements beginning next year.
Modernization
Cloud brokers: Stretching the benefits beyond IT
Brokers are becoming an integral part of helping the public sector realize the full benefits of cloud technology.
Modernization
Air Force looks to shared services for help with IT acquisition
The Air Force is increasingly handling its IT purchasing problems by partnering with other Pentagon agencies and the private sector.
Acquisition
About those bid protests...
Are bid protests really booming? Here's the five-year trend -- and an explanation of how the process actually works.
Acquisition
ICE seeks new case management system
The push to get a new system in place by September 2015 comes as ICE is digging its way out of an abandoned effort with Raytheon to replace an aging, Cobol-based system.
Acquisition
Business grads, vets and workforce diversity: Who should be on your team?
Steve Kelman reports on acquisition experts' recent discussions about agency approaches to hiring contracting staff.
Acquisition
NASA has 'significant problems' with $2.5B IT contract
An IG report blames poor implementation by HP and inconsistent oversight by NASA as major obstacles to fulfilling the contract.
Acquisition
IT strategy for contractors in the era of budget cuts
Agencies are all too familiar with budget-driven belt-tightening. Here’s how the private sector is adapting.
Acquisition
Northrop Grumman gets US-CERT deal
The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract could be worth as much as $350 million over five years.
Acquisition
Some small firms doubt efficacy of SBA assistance
The Small Business Administration’s 8(a) program fails to prepare potential vendors for the competitive environment of federal contracting, says a new study.
Modernization
Moving to the cloud? Learn from CBP's mistakes
CTO Wolf Tombe's four years of early-adopter experience provides a host of hard-learned lessons.
Acquisition
CMS amped up cloud capacity a day before HealthCare.gov launched
Newly released contracting documents detail arrangements with Terremark and Accenture.
Acquisition
What happens after the FedRAMP deadline?
Non-compliant cloud providers could cause an oversight problem for the agencies they serve, but beyond that the repercussions remain in flux.
Acquisition
DHS kicks off continuous monitoring contract
Hewlett Packard, Northrop Grumman, Knowledge Consulting and Technica won the initial task orders.
Acquisition
Infrastructure in shambles? Contracting to the rescue?
Steve Kelman see opportunity in the United States' outdated systems.
Acquisition
What to expect from GAO this year
The congressional watchdog's director of IT management issues previews the upcoming oversight agenda.
Acquisition
Scott Quehl: Sharing services at scale
The Accenture Federal Services executive and former Commerce chief financial officer says the old budget buckets will no longer apply.
Acquisition