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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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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.
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Optimus wins air traffic deal
The Federal Aviation Administration awarded a contract through the Broad Information Technology Services II procurement vehicle.
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McDonald Bradley joins EPA ITS-ESE team
The company will provide advanced XML development, semantic Web technology and data visualization support.
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SARA rules still taking shape
Procurement experts are waiting to see what regulations will be created to implement the Services Acquisition Reform Act.
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USPTO scrutinizes Linux, Java
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will hold a vendor briefing on the scope and type of a new contract for systems development and maintenance services.
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Learning from the past
The skills developed and the lessons learned in 2003 are as valuable now as they were then.
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Trip to Mars requires intelligence
Success of manned mission could hinge on smarter systems
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