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Treasury moves to AT&T at a crawl
The Treasury Department's move from Sprint to AT&T's FTS 2000 network will not be completed until early next year more than twice as long as originally planned and what some observers said is a harbinger of PostFTS 2000 problems to come. The transition which the General Services Administration t
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GSA opposes employee's compensation bid
For the last five months the General Services Administration has been embroiled in a losing battle with a disgruntled employee who wants to be paid for devising a negotiating technique that he claims saved the government millions of dollars. The employee contract specialist Salvatore Ales contends
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GSA to test competition in large metropolitan areas
The General Services Administration last month unveiled plans to award by the end of next year the first in a series of contracts designed to spur competition for telecommunications services in large metropolitan areas that have a high concentration of federal users. GSA's Federal Telecommunication
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OMB-led effort would offer single format for companies
The House Government Reform and Oversight Committee recently passed legislation that would require the Office of Management and Budget to appoint a committee of industry and government representatives to establish standards for data reported to multiple agencies by private companies. Rep. Steven Ho
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Post-FTS 2000 to be delayed
The $20 billion PostFTS 2000 telecommunications services solicitation will not be released next week as planned, and program officials are scrambling to quiet the fears of Congress that the procurement will not take advantage of the changing telecom marketplace. Members of committees on both sides
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Cabletron offers feds trade-in special
Taking advantage of the new flexibility of the General Services Administration's multipleaward schedule (MAS) program, Cabletron Systems Inc. has begun allowing schedule customers to trade in old Cabletron gear for credit against purchases of new equipment. Marsha Holland, director of business dev
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House panel backs on-line access
The House Rules Committee is supporting a resolution sponsored by Rep. Rick White (RWash.) that would require House committees to provide timely online access to hearing transcripts, bills, amendments, votes, rules and other information via the Internet. At a committee hearing last week, White sa
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Science agencies rally behind GPRA
Representatives from civilian science agencies that have begun implementing the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) said they believe the act will strengthen their research efforts, although they face hurdles integrating the act into the budget process. The civilian officials appeared ear
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CIOs lacking; OMB oversight questioned
With only three weeks to go before the Information Technology Management Reform Act (ITMRA) goes into effect, agencies have appointed too few qualified chief information officers and the Office of Management Budget appears illprepared to oversee implementation of the law, according to the General
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House proceeds with TSM overhaul
The House last week approved an appropriations bill that reduces funding for the Internal Revenue Service's Tax Systems Modernization by $776 million and fences off all funding pending a move by the agency to "restructure" the contract. The bill would reduce the Clinton administration's funding r
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Senators seek six-month delay
Just as the General Services Administration was close to an agreement with key members of its oversight committee in the House about how to conduct the PostFTS 2000 telecommunications procurement, two members of the Senate Appropriations Committee have weighed in with their own criticisms and reco
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GSA's FTS stalls DISA's NIPRNET
In what appears to be a turf war within the General Services Administration, the agency's Federal Telecommunications Service (FTS) has delayed plans by the Defense Information Systems Agency to move a portion of its nonclassified data network to Sprint via a contract awarded by GSA's Federal System
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VA kicks off $1.5B COTS procurement
The Department of Veterans Affairs last week issued a request for proposals for two or more contracts worth up to $1.5 billion to provide department users with a range of hardware and software, from office automation to medical applications. Allan Gohrband, associate deputy assistant secretary for
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PBS upgrades Unisys mainframe
The General Services Administration's Public Buildings Service slowly is moving into the '90s with a transition from its 20yearold SperryUnisys Corp. mainframe architecture to a newer Unisys A Series mainframe used for other GSA applications. A spokesman for Unisys Federal Systems, which will as
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Agriculture takes ideas for grants
The Agriculture Department began accepting applications late last month from educational institutions and health care providers for grants to help them set up distance learning and telemedicine projects. In accordance with Vice President Al Gore's commitment to offer those who live in rural areas a
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Rapid-fire criticism hits upcoming FAST launch
As the General Services Administration last week announced a new acquisition program expected to produce $1 billion a year in sales, a group of small businesses and their congressional supporters attacked the agency for its decision to terminate the regional program that served as the model for the
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MCI wins $35M VA phone deal
MCI has once again proven adept at obtaining federal telecommunications business that falls between the cracks of the FTS 2000 contract, winning a $35 million contract for operatorassisted longdistance services to patients and visitors to Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals. The award, annou
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GSA governmentwide to feature 'master contracts'
The General Services Administration's Federal Supply Service will brief industry officials this week on its plans for a governmentwide credit card solicitation it hopes will serve as the platform for future smart card applications at other agencies. The Defense Department expressed interest in the
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Flexibility is prescription for GSA
In an era in which both Congress and the executive branch hold fast to the mantra that government should act more like a business, David Barram may be just what the doctor ordered for the General Services Administration. The ailing agency long has suffered the slings and arrows of outraged federal
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GSA, Army award $1 billion in hardware, services pacts
The General Services Administration and the Army have quietly awarded more than $1 billion in governmentwide contracts for IT hardware and services to 8(a) vendors, a signal of how agencies will purchase products in the postBrooks Act era. Mary Whitley, director of GSA's Federal Systems Integratio
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