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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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Trade group calls for share-in collaboration

The Information Technology Association of America wants rules on so-called share-in savings contracts to allow for collaboration with contractors.