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.
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