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IT pros break down cultural challenges
Managing cultural change remains one of the greatest challenges to integrating information technology systems in government agencies.
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VA aces Exhibit 300s
The Department of Veterans Affairs is the first to do so, its CIO says.
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BMC wins Postal deal
The U.S. Postal Service will pay $4.5 million for software to manage tech infrastructure.
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More FTS spending problems found
A preliminary report suggests two more GSA regions misused funds or allowed other improprieties.
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ACS wins $1 billion education deal
The company will create a single system for the Federal Student Aid program.
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OMB tightens business case requirements
The business cases for fiscal 2005 are better than the ones from the previous year, but there will still be plenty of instructions for improvements, an official said.
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Politics threatens procurement reforms, Kelman says
The man who once led federal purchasing policy fears improvements could be undone.
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D.C. expands Internet purchases
Washington, D.C. officials expect to soon double the number of agencies using its Web procurement system.
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Tuning up procurement reform
Davis-sponsored SARA bill is the most sweeping reform since the mid-1990s
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GSA cancels PC Connection contract
The company says a GSA review found systems and procedures that may have resulted in underpayment of fees or sale of unqualified items.
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FTS preps vendors for task order system
General Services Administration officials are trying to get vendors ready for the advent of its Third Generation System (3GS), a new Web-based technology task order management system.
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Postal Service sticks with Northrop Grumman for repairs
Northrop Grumman IT will get $130 million to continue its work for the Postal Service Central Repair Facility.
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NSA goes back to the future for procurement
Harry Gatanas returns as NSA's top acquisition official
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Fed Technology Service pushes 3GS
The General Services Administration is trying to get industry ready for the advent of its Web-based task-order management system.
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SRA wins USAID contract
The company will replace CSC in providing IT infrastructure services to the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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GSA readies share-in-savings site
The Share-In-Savings Program Office is expected to start outreach programs in January.
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Acquisition reform gets through conference
SARA, which would change the acquisition structure, made it through the conference process largely intact.
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Military to use Alphatech to stop denial-of-service attack
The company will get $12.9 million.
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Energy hires IBM, Corning for supercomputing optics
The companies will get $20 million to develop high-speed, optical interconnects for supercomputers.
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