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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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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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