Acquisition
Coalition aims at Trade Agreements Act
The Coalition for Government Procurement believes the law reduces competition in the government market and raises the costs of supplying goods.
Modernization
Strategic sourcing sparks debate
Industry officials say they are worried that the initiative could lead to rock-bottom prices and mean fewer contracts.
Modernization
Small company shows how to win business
Like many firms founded and managed by young business leaders, PlatinumSolutions has been trying to get its name more widely known in the government market.
Modernization
Telcos regroup for 2006
As dust settles on two telecom mergers, remade companies plan for the future
Digital Government
Gartner analyst moves to Input
Paul Schmitz will serve as vice president of the Input Executive Program.
Modernization
GSA issues satellite RFP
The General Services Administration is accepting bids on Satcom-II, a new contract that will replace the existing GSA Satellite Services program.
Modernization
Qwest to connect NASA centers
Qwest will provide end-to-end wavelength services using its QWave optical communications technology.
Acquisition
Share in savings struggles for second chance
Rep. Tom Davis will try to restore statutory authority for share-in-savings contracting.
Modernization
Coalition creates council on tech convergence
The Council on Telecommunications-Technology Convergence will bring together companies that provide technologies involved in the convergence of IT and communications.
Acquisition
GSA skeds see first spending drop in a decade
Research firm logs a 2 percent drop, following five years of double-digit growth in IT sales through the contracts.
Acquisition
GSA Preferred takes budget hit
Most of the agency's other IT projects held steady in the Bush administration's fiscal 2007 budget request.
Modernization
VMware offers free virtualization server
The company's products provide capabilities for server consolidation, business continuity and a variety of other applications.
People
Army extends AT&T work on battlefield training systems
Army awards the company about $15 million for follow-up work
Digital Government
SAIC exec to retire
Duane Andrews, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Science Applications International Corp., plans to retire in April.
People
Kforce acquires computer consulting firm
Kforce bought Pinkerton Computer Consultants, creating a government IT services business.
People
SI to continue running National Visa Center
A contract with State also includes the Kentucky Consular Center.
Digital Government
IAC changes conference attendance policy
Companies are guaranteed fewer slots in an effort to maintain the balance of government and industry.
Modernization
GSA: Complexity causes Networx delay
Governmentwide communications contract proved to be too complex to award this summer as planned, agency says.
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