People

OFPP issues policy requiring training for support workers

It also standardizes the skills contracting officer technical representatives must have.

Acquisition

The Lectern: Weird Swedish thriller

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People

Letter: Editorial trivializes disagreement between IG, contracting officers

If Lurita Doan goes soft now, more contracting officers will leave government service and more companies will leave the GSA schedules.

People

DIA at work on new data-sharing system

The agency hires McDonald Bradley to design and build the Force Protection Assessment system.

People

DOD program manager: Know Army needs before bidding

Gary Winkler, program executive officer for DOD's Enterprise Information Systems, is working to reduce the number of contract protests.

People

Letter: Agencies should boycott ACS

The way the company treats its lower-level employees is disgraceful.

People

Idaho health department taps ACS for benefits management

Affiliated Computer Services will provide pharmacy claims processing, automated prior authorizations, help-desk support, prospective and retrospective drug use reviews, and federal and supplemental drug rebate administration and reporting.

People

IG: DHS wrongly awarded contract to Alaska Native firm

A coding error is to blame for the improper award of a 10-year, $475 million sole-source contract to Chenega Technology Services.

Modernization

Buzz of the Week:

The convenient truth

Modernization

FlipSide

FCW Time Machine 2006: Blessed/cursed BlackBerry

People

Wilkinson to leave GSA

The General Services Administration’s chief acquisition officer Molly Wilkinson has resigned after a short seven-and-a-half month stint.

Acquisition

The Lectern: Buying from commercial vendors 101

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People

Measuring green

Agencies turn to service-level agreements and other forms of performance contracting to achieve new energy efficiency and electronics stewardship goals

People

The environmental executive

Edwin Pinero's job is to make the federal government a model environmental citizen

Modernization

Editorial: Fixing the schedules

Like them or not, GSA's schedule contracts have been remarkably successful, accounting for about $36 billion in annual sales.

Modernization

DHS extends OneNet bids for third time

Some industry officials say DHS' decision to name specific products in the solicitation is unfair and one reason for the delay.

People

State Department proposes new contractor ID rule

It would add language to its acquisition regulations to require contractors to use interoperable, smart identification cards to gain access to State buildings and systems as required by HSPD-12.

People

Procurement chief chides IGs

Paul Denett speaks out against auditors who he says may be overstepping their bounds

Modernization

Networx billing systems tested

Testing regimen for ordering/billing systems clears the way for agencies to place orders

Acquisition

DOI agency awards financial systems support contract

Under the contract, worth up to $100 million, Accenture will manage the Minerals Management Service's royalty financial systems.