Acquisition

Companies angle for GSA schedules

Use of schedule contracts becomes a strategic decision for a new crop of vendors

Digital Government

thePipeline

More solutions to management challenges; Improving access to GIS data

Digital Government

Explaining the bang: Stanford center defines new objectives

Scientists at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center are filling their databases mostly with information from BaBar

Acquisition

CDW buys Micro Warehouse assets

The commercial and government businesses of Micro Warehouse sold for $22 million.

People

Vendors take different GPEA approaches

Because the nature of paperwork elimination varies so much from one agency to another, vendors say it is difficult for a single set of tools to find universal acceptance

People

Changes sought to stop A-76

Two proposed amendments to the Transportation-Treasury Appropriations bill could block OMB's ability to enforce competitive sourcing rules during the 2004 fiscal year.

Acquisition

EDS protests e-Travel award

The systems integrator says it wasn't judged fairly when GSA evaluated bidders for the $450 million deal.

Digital Government

Oracle still on PeopleSoft trail

Oracle again extended its offer to PeopleSoft shareholders.

People

Feds, industry mull offshore outsourcing

No one knows how many American jobs have moved to foreign countries where labor costs are lower, a tech industry official said.

Acquisition

Integrators still essential

No matter what innovative technologies or market approaches small companies may invent, partnerships with integrators remain critical

Acquisition

GSA sked hits new high with PC buys

More than half of federal computer hardware sales now go through the Federal Supply Schedule

Acquisition

GAO: Feds must get more competitive bids

Agencies don't always get enough bidders for contracts, according to a General Accounting Office report.

Acquisition

GSA unit slammed on IT funds

Companies hired by support center diverted technology funds to not IT work

People

Services also grow

Input's survey considered only sales of information technology products

Acquisition

Small biz gets creative

No matter what innovative technologies or market approaches small companies may invent, partnerships with integrators remain critical

Digital Government

IBM Rational gets DOD enterprise licenses

The Army signed a blanket purchase agreement with immixTechnology under the Defense Department's Enterprise Software Initiative.

Digital Government

Opsware now tracks changes

Version 4.0 of Opsware System shows administrators how much each workstation or server costs to run.

Digital Government

Oracle fights on as PeopleSoft scoffs

Oracle will host its second meeting for PeopleSoft customers, but PeopleSoft's CEO is no longer worried about a takeover

Digital Government

MPC buys Omni Tech unit

The deal will expand MPC's reach to state and local governments, education and midsized commercial markets

Acquisition

GSA gets 55 percent of IT buys

For the first year ever, agencies bought more than half of their computer systems in fiscal 2002 through the GSA's schedule system