People
House wants Coast Guard to lead on Deepwater
Lawmakers passed a measure that would require the Coast Guard to serve as lead systems integrator on new task orders.
People
Agencies to employ card alerts
Like credit card companies, GSA will use data mining to detect improper spending.
Acquisition
Kelman: Beating retail prices
People might be surprised to learn that the prices government pays for commercial items are less.
Acquisition
Editorial: GSA’s good schedule move
Despite its warts, GSA's schedules contracts are the best tool agencies have in accessing a broad and competitive marketplace.
Acquisition
GSA pricing policy could get the boot
A panel will advise GSA on the relevance of the decades-old price reduction clause.
Acquisition
Editorial: EPA/IBM case: We still have questions
The Environmental Protection Agency and IBM were wise to settle the suspension, but questions remain about the details.
People
Census blamed for scope creep
Bureau could have avoided abandoning paperless survey, contract experts say.
People
DOD troubles reshape GovWorks
DOD restriction forced acquisition agency to evaluate how it operates, follows rules.
People
OPM revises costs for RetireEZ
Agency excludes $69.6 million from life cycle costs of federal retirement systems modernization.
People
Managing a blended workforce
Views differ on what the government can do to handle its outsourcing challenges.
People
Doan seeks advice on schedule program
GSA has assembled experts from government and industry to recommend changes to the agency's policies on schedule contracts.
Acquisition
Committee approves bill on contractor fraud
House panel amends bill to allow regulators more time to fix a loophole.
People
Letter: IBM case: Many questions not addressed and not answered
There was a protest. The protest was never settled — it was made todisappear through the magic of the suspension that was hanging over anhonorable company.
People
Letter: Contracting officers can face conflict of interests
it is not uncommon, that contracting officers are unduly influenced by those who stand to benefit politically by recommending one course of action instead of another.
Acquisition
Letter: Basic information in acquisitions goes a long way
Contract specialists need to be encouraged to makethemselves operationally knowledgeable about what they are procuring so that the method of acquisition and the subsequent management of the contract are complementary to the requirement.
People
IBM case: A question of due process
Agencies were unaware of the suspension while investigators followed procedures.
People
Letter: Taxpayers lose under many agency-oriented contracts
The fed should be unifying, consolidating, and integrating its sprawling acquisition enterprise to save resources.
Acquisition
Letter: Vets GWAC could be used more
With well-qualified teams of companies bound together to meet IT mission requirements, one may have to look beyond his or her agency's specific mission needs to meet socioeconomic mandates.
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