Acquisition
Commerce explores hosted e-mail
Department initiative could lead to a large outsourcing deal for integrated messaging.
Acquisition
Preston: Small-biz contracting goal will be tougher to meet
Awarding 23 percent of contract dollars to small businesses will be more difficult when new certification rules go into effect this month, SBA Administrator Steven Preston said.
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The next big thing: TEM
Telecommunications expense management is a service that promises to help agencies control their burgeoning costs for telecom devices and services.
Acquisition
Education says, ‘Do it all’
Department’s EDUCATE procurement will make contractors shoulder more IT risk.
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Corini: Raise your guard
5 beneficial practices for managing your GSA schedule contracts and staying clean.
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OFPP pushes for more competition
Office of Federal Procurement Policy listens to SARA panel recommendations to increase the number of bids for task and delivery orders.
Acquisition
Commerce explores shared e-mail service
The department issued an RFI for a center that would provide e-mail, calendar, instant messaging and mobile services.
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Guerra: Performance-based acquisition is not working
OMB may be praising agencies' progress on using such contracts, but they are just the same prescriptive contracts with a new name.
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Senators unhappy with SBA
Kerry’s committee decries lack of progress on meeting the needs of small businesses.
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Kelman: It's all in the requirements
What makes successful IT projects? For many, it's obvious.
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Kerry criticizes SBA over decade-old policies
The senator said the agency seems asleep when it comes to issues related to minority-owned small businesses.
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GSA mulls how to keep acquisition shops in business
But one option not on the table is canceling its assisted services business, agency officials say.
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Kerry queries DOD on missed vet set-aside goal
The senator has asked Defense Secretary Robert Gates for a clear statement of DOD's intent to spend more money with businesses owned by service-disabled veterans.
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OFPP to turn up heat on task-order competition
In a forthcoming memo, agencies will be required to solicit multiple bids for task orders that cross a specified dollar threshold and to collect data on their competitive practices.
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GSA ponders fate of assisted services
Officials agree that something must be done to stop the steady hemorrhaging of dollars.
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GSA takes fresh look at contract for FedBizOpps.gov
Agency officials decide to follow judge's order and reopen evaluations to revamp the federal procurement portal.
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GPO shops for better smart card printing capabilities
The Government Printing Office wants electronic card counters, software, and integration and consulting services.
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House votes in favor of small businesses
After some wrangling earlier this week, it voted 371 to 55 to increase to 30 percent the federal contracting money agencies should give to small businesses.
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Fickle House leaves small-biz procurement goal in limbo
House committees wrangle over the percentage of federal contracts that should go to small businesses.
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