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SBA to focus on women’s centers
Lawmakers are frustrated by SBA’s lack of progress in meeting 5 percent goal
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DIA to consolidate intell support
New award would reduce number of vendors so the agency can streamline its oversight
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PCs come full circle
Virtual desktop software is the latest spin on server-based PC computing
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Meet small-biz goals or face consequences, officials say
That could be one remedy to half of federal departments' missing their small-business contracting goals.
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USPS taps Northrop to analyze systems
The Postal Service wants independent verification and validation services for its delivery and retail systems.
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Treasury awards AT&T $270 million Networx task order
The department awarded AT&T a similar contract almost three years ago.
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FEMA official: Local businesses must understand federal procurement
Those businesses' ability to understand federal contracting in an emergency such as Hurricane Katrina is crucial, FEMA's acquisitions director said.
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EPA taps Microsoft for mapping help
The agency will use the company's Virtual Earth program to help track environmental data.
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Petrillo: Wrong lessons learned
Procurement changes in the 1990s were radical departures from hard-won lessons of the past
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Editorial: A Sun mess
The long-festering battle between Sun Microsystems and the government about allegations that the company overcharged agencies needs to end.
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Sun cancels its GSA schedule
Experts vary on how Sun’s long dispute with GSA could affect schedule program
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Security convergence means seeing the big picture
Employees who work in separate departments of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service regularly come together to discuss security convergence: bringing together building and network security operations.
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Convergence is more than buzz
GSA seeks to revamp schedules to reflect merging of physical and computer security
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Sun pulls out of GSA schedules contract
Sun officials said the company will remain a federal contractor, but won't have a GSA MAS contract.
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Wagner: Year-end spending
Deadlines for submitting acquisition requests are coming earlier each year, so be forewarned.
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Colorado town fields video surveillance system
Parker tapped CDW-G for motion-activated cameras that cover the Parker Fieldhouse.
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