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OMB: Ask industry for a helping hand
From the start, the Office of Management and Budget turned to industry for help in developing information technology business cases
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Five hurdles for business cases
Every agency has areas in which it does well and areas in which it struggles when developing business cases for information technology investments
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GAO issues purchase card guide
Guide is designed to help agencies better manage their purchase card programs
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OMB releases final A-76 revision
Public/private competitive process is to be based more on performance rather than price
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Outsourcing popular internationally
Outsourcing is increasingly popular for governments worldwide, according to a study by Accenture
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Lawmakers curtail DOD bundling
The Defense Department could be forced to rethink its strategy of combining related, smaller contracts into a single large one
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Performance-based contracting ascends
The buzz around performance-based contracting continues to grow, aided most recently by a boost from the Services Acquisition Reform Act
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No guarantees
Commentary: Even under requirements contracts, courts will not let vendors recover lost profits
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Focus on cooperation
Editorial: The true challenge facing the Bush administration and career IT managers will be working together
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Security spending forecast: $6B
Study predicts that by 2008, the government will spend almost $6 billion on information security
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Daniels to deliver A-76 revision
OMB director will release the rewrite of Circular A-76 before he leaves his post next month
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Opposition in union
Commentary: Democrats should shun the scorched-earth procurement policies of the federal unions
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Outsourcing popular internationally
Outsourcing is an increasingly popular practice for governments worldwide, a new study shows
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Deputy FTS commissioner to retire
Charles Self, deputy commissioner of the Federal Technology Service, plans part-time consulting
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Procurement reporting system being replaced
GSA awards $24 million contract for Web-based system
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Convergence is next year's story
Bundled procurements of local and long-distance services will make FTS 2001more useful until Networx is ready
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Cooperative buying rule resolves main obstacles
State and local governments will be able to add items and conditions to GSA schedule contracts
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SARA moves to House
Legislation that would streamline how agencies buy services passed the House Government Reform Committee
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