People
OFPP issues policy requiring training for support workers
It also standardizes the skills contracting officer technical representatives must have.
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.
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.
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.
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