Acquisition

GSA in hunt for SmartBuy vendors

Having reworked its enterprise licensing strategy, the agency is ready to talk deals

Acquisition

Justice to use AMS system

AMS will get $24 million for its Momentum suite, to be used in DOJ's financial management.

Acquisition

Optimus lands EPA contract

The company will provide information services and distribution for Climate Protection Partnerships Division programs.

Acquisition

Education officials hope for migrant student info exchange

The law requires feds to work with states on a system for exchanging migrant student records and tracking the number of migrant children.

Acquisition

Kelman: Time to share savings

Columnist Steve Kelman says share-in-savings contracts can promote better performance.

Acquisition

Flyzik: Cheaper and better

Columnist Jim Flyzik has ideas on how agencies and companies can collaborate to save a billion or two.

Acquisition

New steps in a difficult dance

Businesses large and small debate how proposed rules could shape their partnerships

Acquisition

Army seeks vendor support for U.S. systems

The Army announced plans to hire an IT support services' vendor for its Continental United States Theater Network Operations and Security Center.

Acquisition

EPA to buy Dell computers

Dell will recycle the old ones.

Acquisition

HP gets $784 million Veterans deal

Hewlett-Packard will provide engineering support services and maintenance of the VistA Health Information Systems.

Acquisition

SBA seeks to classify 'small'

Proposed small-business rules draw criticism, caution

Acquisition

GSA opens SmartBuy, Act II

Latest enterprise licensing deal includes tiered discounts

Acquisition

Forest Service to track performance

Bids from management consultants to help the Forest Service set up a performance accountability information system were due this week.

Acquisition

Copyright Office to install Siebel

The agency plans to use customer relationship management software to automate new copyright registration procedures.

Acquisition

Coast Guard awards $48M deal

Anteon will provide IT services for the Coast Guard's Telecommunications and Information Systems Command.

Acquisition

S.F. transportation group buys content system

San Francisco's Metropolitan Transportation Commission will use Percussion's Rhythmyx 5 Enterprise Content Management system.

Acquisition

Raines' Rules

A seminal document for guiding how agencies buy IT.

Acquisition

No end in sight in quest for reform

Most agree 1990s reforms result in faster and cheaper procurements, but some question if everything is better

Acquisition

GSA inks second SmartBuy deal

Manugistics will sell its supply-chain management software based on three tiers of sales volume.

Acquisition

EDS, Lockheed file new HITS protests

Lockheed officials say the HUD Information Technology Services solicitation still favors EDS. Meanwhile, EDS wants the new bid to be limited in scope.