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Acquisition rules changing
New rules could establish share-in-savings rules, streamline payment processes and speed up the purchase of items that protect from chemical and biological weapons.
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Impact gets federal windfall
Federal agencies have recently sent more than $70 million in business to Impact Innovations Group
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CSC rakes in more BPA bucks than expected
The company has more than doubled its original estimate for the value of a blanket purchase agreement with an unidentified intelligence customer.
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Structured empowerment
The loosening of the tyranny of rules that has occurred in the procurement system during the past decade has involved a trade-off.
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Congressman sees SmartBuy 'dilemma'
The General Services Administration should get governmentwide software licenses soon or agencies could be forced to spend more money, Rep. Adam Putnam says.
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Feds to merge two GWACs, retire others
The General Services Administration will replace two governmentwide acquisition contracts with a single one in 2005.
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ITT to run Deep Space Network
NASA will pay ITT up to $580 million over 10 years to support the agency's system of antennas for satellites and interplanetary spacecraft.
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Evans touts Energy IT security standard
The benchmark includes more than 250 security configuration recommendations to guide agencies and companies in implementing products.
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Gateway supplies DLA computers
The company will provide 25,000 desktop PCs and 12,000 notebook computers to the Defense Logistics Agency.
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Lockheed Martin protests HITS award
The company says it should have won the Housing and Urban Development Department's award for an $860 million technology services contract.
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BearingPoint wins smart card deal
The General Services Administration has picked BearingPoint Inc. to provide 14,000 smart identification cards for GSA employees.
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CDW buys Micro Warehouse assets
The commercial and government businesses of Micro Warehouse sold for $22 million.
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Companies angle for GSA schedules
Use of schedule contracts becomes a strategic decision for a new crop of vendors
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EDS protests e-Travel award
The systems integrator says it wasn't judged fairly when GSA evaluated bidders for the $450 million deal.
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Small biz gets creative
No matter what innovative technologies or market approaches small companies may invent, partnerships with integrators remain critical
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GSA unit slammed on IT funds
Companies hired by support center diverted technology funds to not IT work
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GAO: Feds must get more competitive bids
Agencies don't always get enough bidders for contracts, according to a General Accounting Office report.
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