People

GSA picks e-learning system

A system from GeoLearning Inc. will power GSA's e-learning program

Digital Government

Rugged doesn't mean foolproof

The makers of ruggedized equipment do all they can to block out the elements, but no protection is 100 percent effective.

Acquisition

GSA proposes to cut vendor fees

Industrial funding fee would drop from 1 percent to 0.75 percent beginning Jan. 1, 2004

Acquisition

GAO knocks GSA's Advantage

Report says the system has never accounted for more than half of 1 percent of GSA schedule sales

Digital Government

Firm offers agencies outsourcing help

Consulting firms are creating new businesses to help the government outsource effectively

Digital Government

XML gathers momentum

New standard makes the language useful, helps simplify access-control policies

Acquisition

Find me a find

Business Matchmaking is a program to put small businesses together with potential federal customers

Acquisition

Contract bundling attracts more scrutiny

Snowe: Prohibitions may need to go further

People

AT&T develops Army training system

The Army has selected AT&T to help develop an advanced combat simulation system

Digital Government

SBA decertifies HUBZone companies

IG report says SBA lacks the resources to properly monitor the Historically Underutilized Business Zone program

People

EDS replaces CEO in shake-up

NMCI prime contractor fires Richard Brown and replaces him with former CBS chief Michael Jordan

People

GSA pushes agencies toward eTravel

GSA urges uses of FedTrip, a governmentwide booking service, in preparation for eTravel

Acquisition

Commerce readies COMMITS sequel

Commerce Information Technology Solutions contract is reaching its ceiling a year ahead of schedule

Acquisition

IT services fall to large firms

GAO reports that federal IT services contracts go mostly to large companies

Acquisition

Senators hear bundling complaints

Committee listens to testimony from feds and small businesses about the harm of contract bundling

Digital Government

Sun preps InfiniBand servers

Sun will launch a new line of server products using InfiniBand, an open-source architecture

People

Competition quotas stripped

Appropriations language makes it harder for administration to outsource federal jobs

Digital Government

Network designed for sharing, security

The State Department will continue work on a wide-area network intended to allow staff members worldwide to use sensitive or classified information securely

Digital Government

Digital maps to point to safer mining

IT projects show that tight budgets will not deter agencies that can show results through innovation

Digital Government

Sprint adds wireless service to FTS 2001

Sprint has added its PCS Vision wireless services to its offerings on the General Services Administration's FTS 2001 contract