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Styles joins D.C. law firm

Angela Styles, former federal procurement policy boss, has gone back to being a lawyer specializing in government contracts practice.

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SmartBuy opens its doors for business

OMB outlines the next steps for its enterprise license initiative

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Performance contracts need culture change

For performance-based contracts to work, the relationship between the government and industry must be defined, a panel of experts said.

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Vendors will share program gains and losses, ex-IRS official says

Charles Rossotti believes that shared responsibility will likely become more explicit in federal contracts' language.

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New Hampshire solicits ERP proposals

A request for proposals was issued for a system to track back office functions for state agencies.

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CSC continues FAA deal

The Federal Aviation Administration will pay CSC up to $140 million to keep supporting the Traffic Management Advisory.

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OMB issues SmartBuy guidance

Agencies must submit a list of their 2003 software purchases to OMB and the General Services Administration by April 15.

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Lockheed wins Air Force contract

The company will maintain software for the service's Theater Battle Management Core Systems.

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Orkand wins $100M Postal contract

The company will provide IT support services for the USPS Maintenance Technical Support Center.

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Four win Immigration BPA

CSC, IBM, EDS and Lockheed are on the blanket purchase agreement for the Immigration bureau's IT modernization program.

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Optimus mine: NASA aims to improve accident analysis

NASA gave a grant to Optimus for a data mining system to identify subtle human factors of aerospace accidents.

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SmartBuy: What's up?

The outlook is folorn for any substantial savings.

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Gone in 60 seconds

Timing is everything ? even in bid protests.

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Treasury cuts software maintenance fees

With an agencywide licensing deal, Treasury lowered its annual maintenance charges for Vignette's content management and portal software.

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First SmartBuy deal signed

Environmental Systems Research Institute got the first contract under GSA's enterprise software licensing program.

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Vendors want faster clearance

An industry coalition wants to eliminate bottlenecks that make it hard for companies to get security clearances swiftly for employees working on sensitive federal contracts.

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IRS buys strategically

The new procurement approach brings the latest e-business practices to the Treasury Department.

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Project tracker solicitation canceled

'Too rich for our blood,' says the Education Department CIO.

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Commerce buys ZyLab software

ZyLab Technologies products will be used for document imaging and full-text retrieval.

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Harris to bid on archives work

The company says it will lead a team competing for the National Archives and Records Administration's Electronic Records Archives project.