People

Amey: Enough with the ‘one bad apple’ defense

Policies to curb violations have served as Band-Aids when the face of government is changing.

Acquisition

Kelman: Good government is priceless

Federal procurement goals and legal constraints are out of whack and need a course correction.

Acquisition

Small businesses: This project is too big

GSA plans to offer an 8(a) set-aside for a major infrastructure consolidation project.

Acquisition

SARA panel looks at ethics

Advisory group prepares to make final recommendations for procurement changes.

Acquisition

Small-business makeover

Advocates would like to see loopholes plugged and definitions expanded.

Acquisition

Editorial: Focusing on results

Small and midsize businesses are essential to the IT industry, often driving innovation.

People

ASCP gets a new boss

The Army Small Computer Program is now under the operational control of the Program Executive Office for Command Control Communications Tactical.

Acquisition

GSA aims large task order to small businesses

Doan and other officials met today to make final changes to upcoming RFP to streamline the agency’s IT infrastructure.

People

Doan whittles away GSA deficit and enjoys it

The administrator said she has looked for ways to trim agency programs and asked GSA to make a 9 percent across-the-board cut in funding.

Acquisition

SARA Panel approves ethics recommendations

In what is likely to be its final meeting, the Acquisition Advisory Panel put the finishing touches on a set of recommendations concerning ethical behavior for contractors.

Modernization

Proposed rule would mandate IPv6

The change to the FAR would require agencies to purchase information technology with IPv6 capability as much as possible.

Modernization

Terrorists brandish tech sword, too

Five years after the 2001 terrorist attacks, law enforcement and terrorist groups bring new levels of sophistication to the ongoing game of digital cat and mouse.

Acquisition

Jim Williams: Rebuilding GSA by focusing on customers

The new commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service said he intends to rebuild GSA’s business by being more in tune with customers and creating new business models.

Acquisition

Audit puts GSA on the spot again

IG cites procurement violations yet recommends DOD do business with GSA.

Acquisition

Web extra: What the IG audit found

The Defense Department's inspector general unearthed numerous problems with purchases made by DOD and the General Services Administration.

Acquisition

Kelman: Unsung heroes of contracting

Phil Salmeri understands performance contracting, and he tries to help government folks do the same.

People

Agencies, industry ramp up HSPD-12 efforts

As the Oct. 27 deadline approaches, agency orders for personal identity verification cards have risen as more companies have thrown their hats into the ring.

People

GSA to DOD IG: We're getting it right

GSA officials defended their efforts to improve the agency's procurement processes in response to a pending audit by the DOD IG that finds continued problems.

People

DOD IG audit finds fault; GSA defends improvements

GSA and DOD did not fully abide by appropriations law and procurement regulations, a yet-tob-be-released draft report states, but GSA officials say they have worked hard to rectify problems.