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NASA picks Northrop, Titan
The companies will compete for work to verify and validate software.
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Retailers rise in Fed eyes
A market research report suggests that federal agencies have become more comfortable buying from office supply stores and electronics chains.
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OMB to review interagency purchasing deals
Meanwhile, fate of many popular cross-agency contracts is in limbo.
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Migrant-tracking plans revealed
The Education Department focuses on electronic records for children of migrant workers.
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GOP tech agenda includes health IT, acquisitions
Electronic health records and competitive acquisitions have formally appeared on the list of information technology priorities for House Republicans.
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Editorial: Rules of the road
Office of Federal Procurement Policy Administrator David Safavian has taken the right steps by assessing the GWAC landscape.
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Feds score largest SmartBuy
An enterprise licensing agreement with Oracle is the initiative's biggest deal to date.
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Judge orders SBA info released
A federal judge ordered the release of early drafts of a report about the use of contracting dollars intended for small businesses.
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SAIC settles claims case
Science Applications International Corp. denies any wrongdoing, but agreed to pay $2.5 million after federal prosecutors looked into allegations of contractor fraud.
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Can GSA handle two GWACs?
Rep. Tom Davis wants to know, as the General Services Administration takes on Alliant and Networx.
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Feds get Smart with Oracle
The new deal with Oracle is the largest in the history of the federal SmartBuy program and offers discounts of up to 84 percent from GSA schedule pricing, officials say.
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Kelman: Leadership, at long last
Safavian understands the needs of and threats to a value-oriented system.
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Amtower: Relationships are crucial
The federal IT market is close-knit, and the significant players tend to know one another.
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OFPP puts future of GWACs in doubt
The future of NASA's Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurement III is cloudier than ever now that GAO has placed those inter-agency contracts on its high-risk list.
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SBA pulls back self-certification
Small Business Administration officials will pick each business' designation in the Central Contractor Registration database.
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