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States get SmartBuy discounts
SafeBoot extends USDA’s discount prices for encryption to state, local governments
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IG warns against year-end spending frenzy at IRS
At IRS, hurried spending leads to wasteful errors
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Editorial: Fixing the spree
We are two weeks into the new fiscal year, and nearly everyone is recovering from the annual end-of-year spending spree.
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Kelman: The art of negotiation
Many contracting officials are showing business savvy on behalf of the government. GSA should help them.
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Letter: Give service-disabled veteran-owned businesses a break
Put those businesses into the same category as Alaska native-owned companies.
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GSA offers risk analysis services for breaches
The agency signed BPAs with Identity Theft Guard Solutions and SRA International to provide the services.
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EPA awards Alion another waste cleanup contract
The company will provide analysis of waste samples, analytical and field support services, and technical information and electronic data transfer capabilities.
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Last-minute spending hurts IRS, IG says
As a result of the rush, the agency sometimes violates regulations, and contractors may have skipped steps in the procurement process, a new report states.
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HHS awards $22.5M in contracts to health info exchanges
The exchanges will participate in trial implementations of the Nationwide Health Information Network.
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No pain, no gain on small-biz goals
The Census Bureau applies pressure to prime contractors via contract award fees.
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Large contractors need to give small biz more chances
Large prime contractors tend to let small businesses take on jobs the big guys won't make a lot of money doing, a reader says.
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GSA awards $0 contract for spending database data
Global Computing Enterprises, which runs the Federal Procurement Data System, received the contract to supply contracting and grants data with a bid of $0.
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GSA picks Symplicity -- again -- to redo FedBizOpps.gov
The contract has been hung up in protests for more than three years.
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USDA first to award SmartBuy encryption contract
The department awarded SafeBoot a $1.8 million contract to provide 180,000 licenses for the company's encryption services and support.
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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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