Acquisition
Allen: New rules of contract ethics
Promoting your ethical behavior may actually help your firm win government business
Acquisition
Allen: New rules of contract ethics (full version)
Promoting your ethical behavior may actually help your firm win government business
Acquisition
SARA Panel wants better reporting
It wants to conduct studies on interagency data on awards of contracts, grants and agreements through a Web-accessible database that the public can search.
Acquisition
Editorial: Competition matters
GSA’s attempt to bring more contracts under its purview is misguided.
Modernization
SSA asks for bids for voice-over-IP network
The agency plans to pick one contractor to build a single telephony system serving its 1,500 field offices.
Acquisition
OMB pools info about improper payments
The Office of Management and Budget added a new appendix to OMB Circular A-123 to bring together three memos from 2003 about improper payments.
People
UPDATED: DOD extends Defense Travel System deal, preps next pact
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems holds the current DTS contract, which expires at the end of the fiscal year.
Acquisition
Leave contracting alone, industry coalition says
Several trade organizations have issued a joint statement condemning the SARA Panel's proposed contracting reforms, saying they would erase a decade of procurement reforms.
Modernization
PC Mall wins BPA
The reseller will add more than 12,000 IT products to the GSA Global Supply’s offerings.
Modernization
GSA weighs Section 803 changes
Panel recommendations would require civilian agencies to meet the same competition requirements that DOD organizations meet.
Acquisition
GSA wants to add SEWP to its plate
Some GSA supporters question whether the timing is right, given the agency’s challenges
Acquisition
Lawmakers focus on fairness to small businesses
SBA reauthorization bill proposes measures designed to level the competitive playing field.
People
Denett confirmed as OFPP administrator
Procurement experts say he has the acquisition community’s confidence.
People
DHS IG slams lack of IT systems for Katrina buys
The department does not have a system that can provide reliable information on procurement related to hurricane response efforts, a report states.
Acquisition
Senate wants annual small-business certifications
Authorization bill also allows SBA to create tiers that subdivide small-business categories.
Acquisition
Doan interested in NASA SEWP
GSA administrator wants GWAC to come under her agency's wing.
Modernization
What ever happened to IPv5?
On the road to IPv6, everyone seems to have overlooked a mile marker.
Modernization