People
Air Force stands behind industry code
IG dispute with the service about NetCents coding clouds its small-business set-aside.
Acquisition
GSA opens competition for federal funding database
The agency decides against a sole-source award and competes contract with small businesses.
Acquisition
Feds earn low grades from SBA
Half of all agencies received failing marks on first rating of small-business contracting.
Acquisition
Lent: Fixing an image problem
Here’s a novel way for government contractors to have a positive image in the market: Earn it.
Acquisition
GSA puts schedules in Express lane
Phase 2 of the agency's program to speed contract awards triples the number of available products.
Acquisition
Interagency contracts worry GSA
The agency sees them as obstacles to success in its five-year plan.
Modernization
IT execs ask: What can IPv6 do for me?
Preparations to install IPv6 on government backbone networks are in full swing, but who's asking, "How can IPv6 improve government services?"
People
DHS teams accept technical risks
Agencies expect integrated product teams to deliver solutions to security challenges.
Acquisition
The changing face of acquisition
OFPP finalizing interagency contracting guidance, focusing on workforce issues.
Acquisition
Petrillo: Keepin' it simple
A plain-meaning approach is a risky way to interpret federal contracting laws.
People
IG: ITES-2S restricts small biz
The Army Contracting Agency miscoded the $20 billion IDIQ contract, making it unsuitable for small businesses, an audit found.
Acquisition
Company to help LA move digital files
The city uses YouSendIt primarily to send contracts with large engineering diagrams and to deliver software updates to city end users, a spokeswoman said.
People
GAO denies protests of award to run GSA's HSPD-12 office
GSA now can move forward with its $66 million contract to EDS without any concerns.
People
FBI's Sentinel program on right path, GAO says
Although auditors find progress, they said the bureau needs to improve cost and schedule estimating.
People
Have contracting skills, will travel
House lawmakers want to send 600 GSA contracting employees to DOD.
People
Gulf Coast's small businesses never made a priority, lawmaker says
Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.), House Small Business Committee chairwoman, singles out GSA and DHS for failing to direct more contracts to small firms in the region.
Acquisition
GSA: Alliant has everything
The new megacontract incorporates the federal enterprise architecture and the Defense Department's enterprise architecture.
Cybersecurity
HHS awards BearingPoint HSPD-12 pilot
The eight-week pilot, involving 1,500 employees, aims to validate a process for supplying secure identification or smart cards for the department's 112,000 employees and contractors.
Modernization
OPM details plans to revamp financial systems
To modernize its systems, OPM will need systems implementation, application hosting services and software through a single acquisition process that will result in one contract.
People
TSA's nonstandard acquisition system draws questions
Lawmakers are proposing legislation that would increase transparency in the agency's acquisition process.
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