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.
People
Contracting reform bill heads to Senate
It would create a position within OFPP to lead workforce programs, supervise training and develop a workforce strategy.
People
OFPP calls for volunteers to help in emergencies
The goal is to prevent one or two agencies from bearing the brunt of acquisition demands, Administrator Paul Denett said.
Acquisition
Three vendors protest Navy RFP for IT asset management
The companies allege the service wired the contract to another vendor and put restrictive clauses in the solicitation.
People
DOD rethinks wartime acquisition
Plans for a new contingency contracting office reflect a shift toward better oversight.
Acquisition
What is inherently governmental?
Comptroller General David Walker said it’s time to question the phrase’s meaning.
Acquisition
Kelman: History matters
Revitalizing past performance could create a better-functioning procurement system.
Acquisition
Allen: Schedule contracts work
Maintaining the commercial nature of GSA's schedule contracts is key to continued success.
People
DOD eyes new wartime acquisition shop
It would manage the military's acquisition of goods and services during and after war operations.
People
Lawmaker: Commitment crucial to meeting set-aside goals
The Army is able to meet small-business contracting goals because its leaders support the effort, a service official said.
People
GSA goes to Eagle Eye for contract, grant data
The agency is working to put federal contract and grant information into an easily searchable public database.
Acquisition
Grassley, Sun's McNealy seek end to dispute
The two parties need to agree on an auditor to review the company's pricing practices.
People
Spending database takes shape
Much work remains to be done to create mandatory database by the 2008 deadline.
People
Many feds decide to stick around
Acquisition study finds employees eligible to retire are not leaving the workforce.
People