People
DOD IG: Interagency contracting rife with problems
Defense procurements often go through GSA and other agencies without competition or price evaluations, auditors found.
People
Doan's contract misstep will bring more scrutiny, experts say
The GSA administrator tried to give a no-bid contract to a company founded and run by a longtime friend.
Acquisition
Congress begins to investigate Doan
The chairman of the House reform committee issued letters asking for documents on communications between Lurita Doan and the friend she tried to grant a no-bid contract to.
Modernization
GSA deal with Treasury not part of a trend
GSA believes that Treasury's situation is unique, and the price-break deal between the agencies won't lead to other agencies demanding discounts.
Acquisition
Davis asks GAO to review SARA panel report
Rep. Tom Davis had required the review last November, when he was still chairman of the House Government Reform Committee.
People
IAC unveils Growing Business Conference
Lurita Doan, GSA administrator, will make the opening keynote address.
Acquisition
Performance-based acquisitions down in fiscal 2006
Departments slid to 49 percent in fiscal 2006 from 50.9 percent in fiscal 2005, the Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation found.
Modernization
Details of TCE deal emerge
GSA agrees to cut Treasury's management fees in half for using Networx.
People
Murphy to leave GSA for law firm
She will join former OFPP administrator Angela Styles at Miller & Chevalier.
People
The day of the big systems integrator is over, says DISA official
DOD is looking for the kind of speed and flexibility that cannot be had when one company works alone to build a system based on proprietary software, said Brig. Gen. David Warner.
Modernization
It's not your father's telephone operator
FCW’s never-ending stories: Telecommunications issues have been an ongoing subject during the past 20 years.
People
Policy home runs
In FCW’s first two decades, six statutory changes transformed the IT playing field.
People
Waxman ready to search for waste, fraud and abuse
The new chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will convene a series of hearings Feb. 5 to look into waste, fraud and abuse.
People
Marty Wagner announces retirement
The deputy commissioner of the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Services will end a 31-year federal career Jan. 31.
People
Web extra: Widening gulf separates acquisition, oversight
Concerns about procurement irregularities have significantly increased the level of congressional oversight.
Acquisition
Editorial: FCW’s bias
If there has been a bias in these pages, it is a strong belief in the vital role that IT can play in helping the government do its important jobs more effectively.
Cybersecurity
OMB directs agencies to GSA for credit monitoring
A memo requires agencies to consider GSA’s service offerings along with any other monitoring services they are researching, and to show how any new agreement beats GSA’s deals.
People
SARA panel: Feds, contractors need more ethics guidance
Panel determines that reliance on federal contractors working alongside agency personnel “has blurred the lines” between governmental and commercial functions and ethical requirements.
People
SARA panel: Feds need tutorial on performance-based deals
Program managers often fail to define metrics that have a direct link to the desired results, according to the panel's draft report.
Acquisition