People
Kelman: Some good workforce news
Procurement training programs still emphasize making impact, rather than avoiding malfeasance.
Acquisition
Editorial: A cure for set-aside ills
To avoid overreliance on big systems integrators, the challenge is recognizing the opportunities where small businesses bring a lot to the table.
Acquisition
Army seeks information on protecting data
The service issues a request for information about data protection that will be included in future acquisitions.
Acquisition
GSA to unify acquisition systems
A request for proposals set for October will spell out the agency's requirements.
People
More than 380,000 passport cards issued
Agencies have started distributing wallet-sized identification cards designed primarily for people living close to the land borders of the United States and for passengers on cruise ships.
Acquisition
Acquisition employees get recognition
Officials give awards for managing programs and protecting soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
People
Changes urged for DOD's acquisition
Focusing on achievable projects that address joint needs is a key to fixing the process, official says.
Acquisition
GAO upholds ITIP protests
Unisys, Northrop Grumman and EDS win the opportunity to compete for the Transportation Security Administration's Information Technology Infrastructure Program contract.
Acquisition
Meet your OSDBU contacts
Need to contact an agency's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization? Here's who you should call.
Acquisition
What OSDBUs do
Created under the Small Business Act of 1978, Offices of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization remind their agencies of their duty to steer contracts to small businesses.
People
Making noise for small business
Small-business advocates seek to change the government’s contracting culture from within.
People
VA proposes contract preferences for veterans
Veterans Affairs Department officials intend to give priority to veterans as Congress mandated in a law passed in 2006.
People
Senator upset by Williams appointment
Sen. Charles Grassley criticized the move to make Jim Williams acting administrator of the General Services Administration because of a controversy over a Sun Microsystems contract.
People
GSA signs agreement on veterans' businesses
A veterans' group will try to link the General Services Administration and businesses owned by service-disabled veterans.
People
Letter: Make set-asides fair for everyone
A reader writes, "If we continue to have set-aside programs based on race, unemployment stats, previous roles in life, then I am all for a gender-based preference as well."
People
IG finds service has improved buying efforts
The Interior Department has fixed its problems with an acquisition service after losing its biggest customer for nearly a year, according to the Defense Department's inspector general.
Acquisition
Official: Price clause needed to get fair prices
A Veterans Affairs Department official said competition for task orders does not ensure that agencies get fair and reasonable prices.
People