Acquisition
Missouri contracts with World Wide on IT deal
Also, West Virginia last month tapped 22 contractors to provide IT services.
Acquisition
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Government uses outdated acquisition processes, panel finds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
Acquisition
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.
Acquisition
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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IG happy with NASA's responses to IT acquisition advice
The IG had made recommendations in two audits regarding separate procurement issues.
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Industry faults Dem contracting bill
Lawmakers say the legislation is needed to curb contracting abuses
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Shining a light on government spending
Lawmakers and watchdog groups foresee greater accountability for federal spending
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Government IT goes green
A growing number of environmentally conscious federal IT programs try to achieve la vida verde.
Acquisition
N.C. picks BearingPoint for payroll system
Under the $28 million contract, the company will replace the state's human resources systems with a new one based on mySAP.
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