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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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GSA sked hits new high with PC buys
More than half of federal computer hardware sales now go through the Federal Supply Schedule
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Integrators still essential
No matter what innovative technologies or market approaches small companies may invent, partnerships with integrators remain critical
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GSA gets 55 percent of IT buys
For the first year ever, agencies bought more than half of their computer systems in fiscal 2002 through the GSA's schedule system
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Fed funding essential for supercomputing
Appropriate and sustained federal funding is essential to the future of supercomputing in the United States, according to an interim report published by the National Research Council.
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USDA implements CCE help desk
The Agriculture Department has implemented help desk support for agencies in the Common Computing Environment.
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DataPower offers freebies
The developer of XML network infrastructure is partnering with a systems integrator and offering free samples
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National Weather Service awards $48 million contract
RS Information Systems will tech and science-related services at National Weather Service headquarters in Silver Spring, Md.
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VA to adopt outside security solutions
The Veterans Affairs Department's largest security project to date will rely heavily on solutions developed by other agencies
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Agencies craft small-biz sequels
Two of the most lucrative governmentwide small-business contracts will soon expire, and agencies released solicitations for their successors last week
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Housing agency awards tech management contract
The Federal Housing Finance Board will move its data operations and hand over the reins for its tech management services.
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Report: GSA misused tech funds
The agency's inspector general says an arm of the General Services Administration misdirected $37 million in IT funds to pay for construction work
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