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GSA to take over COMMITS, sources say
The governmentwide contract offers a broad array of IT services from 55 small and disadvantaged businesses.
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Perot Systems wants bigger share of fed market
Education contracts could prove instructional for other deals.
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Virginia ports to use Savi Networks RFID system
The Virginia Port Authority said earlier this year that it is working with GE Security on a shipping container security project.
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More computer products go green
The number of certified eco-friendly computer products available to government agencies has grown rapidly since a new green seal of approval was released in July.
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USGS awards $2M contract to upgrade Web site
Aquilent will design and build an enhanced Web site with better visual appeal, navigation, functionality and content.
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Missouri contracts with World Wide on IT deal
Also, West Virginia last month tapped 22 contractors to provide IT services.
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SBA issues contracts for small-business studies
The selected 19 researchers and research organizations will study the effects of small business on the country’s economic growth and development.
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Government uses outdated acquisition processes, panel finds
Increasing dependence on contractors demands that agency officials look at updating how the government does business, a GAO report states.
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Doan campaigns against SEWP
GSA is one of the GWAC’s prime customers, but Doan says NASA should let it end
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DISA chooses pay-per-use approach for servers
Four vendors will provide hardware, maintenance and support for servers at 18 data centers, charging DISA on an hourly basis for computing services.
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Deloitte to build migrant student database
The Education Department will use the database to track the educational history of migrant workers’ children, whose school records are often incomplete or missing.
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Labor IG finds pre-procurement diligence lax on GSA buys
The department cannot show that contracting officers are checking other available sources before buying products through GSA schedule contracts.
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GSA releases Alliant RFPs
Proposals are due Nov. 17, and GSA expects to award contracts next summer.
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Small businesses get large IT opportunity
GSA has issued a draft RFP for the GSA IT Global Operations acquisition.
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IG tells FAA to do business on GSA-administered GWACs
The Federal Aviation Administration is taking steps to discontinue the RESULTS National Contracting Service program, which the IG found deficient.
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Editorial: Garbage in, garbage out
There are some questions about how the government would create a searchable online database of contract information.
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Denett targets data accuracy in building funding database
The new head of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy wants to improve the quality of data in time for a new database mandated by law.
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Congress passes GSA bill
The House has passed the Senate’s version of a bill that creates a single fund for the newly formed Federal Acquisition Service within the General Services Administration.
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