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GSA hikes FAST fees to stem financial loss
Most General Services Administration regional offices that operate a multibilliondollar governmentwide information technology procurement program for 8(a) companies are plagued by financial losses and excessive competition between regional GSA offices nationwide according to sources at the agency.
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Changes planned for FTS divisions
The General Services Administration's Federal Telecommunications Service next month will complete a reorganization to streamline and consolidate its growing divisions. FTS commissioner Bob Woods confirmed that the organization will change its name possibly to the Government Technology Service a mon
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ATM network sets stage for multimedia applications
The Air Force late last month unveiled a new Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) network at Charleston Air Force Base S.C. that officials said will position users there to exploit multimedia applications in the future. Master Sgt. Ted Crincoli said the base began installing Cisco Systems Inc. Lightscr
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GSA awards $243M services pact to Signal
The General Services Administration's Eastern Region last month awarded a fiveyear contract for information technology support services worth up to $243 million to Signal Corp. Fairfax Va. The contract awarded under the auspices of GSA's Federal Information Systems Support Program (FISSP) will off
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Agency seeks comments on modular contracting
The General Services Administration is soliciting comments on a white paper designed to offer federal agencies detailed guidance on how to conduct modular contracting. Lawrence Wolfe deputy associate administrator for information technology in GSA's Office of Governmentwide Policy said the white pa
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DOJ taps Bell Atlantic for new ATM service
Bell Atlantic Corp. last week said the Justice Department is the company's first federal customer to take advantage of its new tariffed Asynchronous Transfer Mode service. The Federal Communications Commission approved Bell Atlantic's ATM tariff in early June while DOJ was installing an ATM campusw
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House panel buries co-op buying plans
Proponents of cooperative purchasing suffered yet another defeat last week when a proposal to allow state and local governments to buy information technology products and services from General Services Administration schedule contracts was defeated during a markup by the House Appropriations Commit
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Lucent, GTE to share Navy Vivid contract
The Navy last week awarded contracts to four vendors for up to $2.9 billion worth of telecommunications equipment and services only to see two of the winners abruptly withdraw from the program because they feared their awards were too small to cover the required investment in the program.
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Senator threatens to withhold funds for noncompliance
The chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee last week threatened to cut off funds to agencies that do not submit by the Sept. 30 deadline strategic plans for complying with the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Sen. Ted Stevens (RAlaska) at the firstever joint hearing of the
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Vendors say agencies abuse rules
Several vendors that have protested the award of large orders to General Services Administration schedule holders believe that in the past couple of months agencies using the program are operating under the maxim made famous years ago by Cole Porter: Anything goes. These companies which have repeat
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Sterling protests $148M award to Hughes STX
Sterling Software Inc. last week filed a protest with the General Accounting Office accusing NASA of wrongly judging its past performance during the competition for a $148 million software support contract awarded this month. NASA Ames Research Center last week ordered Hughes STX Corp. winner of th
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OMB: IT service orders must include specifics
The Office of Management and Budget is preparing to issue new regulations that will require agencies planning to buy information technology services from the General Services Administration's multipleaward schedules program to provide more detailed specifications on the type of work they will ask
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Vendors gripe about D.C. telecom contract
Despite industry skepticism officials at the General Services Administration last week said they believe they will see 'robust competition' for its forthcoming contract to acquire nextgeneration telecommunications services for federal locations in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area. The agency
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GSA to merge IT skeds into one-stop shop
The General Services Administration announced last week that it will merge its five automated data processing schedules contracts into one large single schedule called the Federal Supply Service Information Technology Schedule. The new category of schedule contracts will encompass products and serv
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'Government makes a difference'
At a time when criticizing the federal government and its employees has become high fashion the presence of someone like John Ortego seems almost anachronistic. Quite simply Ortego still thinks our government has a substantial and positive impact on the everyday lives of U.S. citizens. And he stand
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Sprint takes gripes public
Sprint escalated its criticism of the General Services Administration's recently released FTS 2001 solicitation with a letter last week to GSA administrator David Barram accusing the agency of riddling its solicitation with governmentunique requirements. Gary Forsee president and chief operating o
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Senate moves on bill to restrict agencies from hiring agencies
The controversy over the Federal Aviation Administration's award of a $250 million data processing contract to the Agriculture Department is breathing new life into efforts in the Senate to push forward legislation that would bar the government from engaging in any functions that can be effectively
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Sen. Levin concerned about MOLs
Concerned that changes in regulations guiding the General Services Administration's multipleaward schedule program have reduced free and open competition Sen. Carl Levin (DMich.) sent letters to four agencies last month requesting information on the extent to which they make large purchases from
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GSA awards small firms FAST $3.6B
The General Services Administration's National Capital Region has selected 40 small and disadvantaged vendors to receive contracts totaling as much as $3.6 billion for information technology integration services and products.[ ]The awards worth up to $90 million apiece and some of which are still a
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Vendors: No high-end IT on GSA Advantage
Information technology vendors have been meeting since April with officials from the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Service trying to convince them not to include highend computer equipment on their GSA Advantage electronic commerce system. But for now GSA officials plan to put t
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