Acquisition
Interior, GSA plan on geospatial BPA
Official aim to save money, ease operations through the Geospatial Line of Business.
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Defense authorization bill becomes law
President signs a bill that reforms contracting and rebuilds the acquisition workforce.
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DARPA seeks technology for seeing inside buildings
Project aims to develop several technologies, not a single comprehensive solution.
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Mistakes cost GSA time, money, auditor says
GSA's problems with how it handled the Alliant, Alliant SB contracts forced a do-over.
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GAO criticizes HSIN Next Gen management
GAO says DHS needs to address management deficiencies in its next-generation platform for sharing homeland security information with state and local authorities.
Acquisition
GSA sees agencies buying more via online shops
As agencies go to the Web, officials aim to use that information for price-checks.
Acquisition
Letter: McCain should know better
A reader writes that fixed-price contracts are lead to zero technological progress.
Acquisition
Letter: Cost-plus contracting is not the problem
A reader writes that the government's incomplete requirements at the beginning of contract bidding is a problem.
Acquisition
Letter: A fixed price is not the best solution
A reader writes that Sen. John McCain's proposal to end cost-plus contracting is not the best solution for controlling government spending.
Acquisition
Letter: McCain proposal a red herring
A reader writes that Sen. McCain's proposal to end cost-plus contracting would increase costs.
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IBM Center publishes presidential transition guides
One handbook is aimed at senior management, while another is billed as a guide for government executives.
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DISA seeks state-of-the-art security assessment services
DOD is open to buying a solution through a software-as-a-service or managed services approach.
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Letter: New GSA office will create more problems than it solves
A reader writes that GSA's MAS Program Office creates another level of bureaucracy.
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Letter: No such thing as 'no-bid contract'
A reader writes to say there is no such thing as a no-bid contract.
Acquisition
Panel to recommend rolling back pricing clause
MAS panel said other forms of pricing checks make the price reduction clause obsolete.
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Bill would tighten task-order rules governmentwide
The legislation requires the government to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation within one year of the bill’s passage to reflect the new policy.
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GSA adds schedules oversight office
Divided among several offices, schedules program could go in different directions.
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Buzz of the Week: McCain and cost-plus contracting
Sen. McCain's proposal to trim federal government spending by switching to fixed-price contracts touched a nerve in the federal community.
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