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Provision might hurt pricing

Price-cut provision may hinder GSA schedule cooperate purchasing, professor warns

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New site helps women business owners

The Labor Department and the Small Business Administration have launched a Web site that seeks to help women small-business owners

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Interior renews GIS pact

The Interior Department has signed an agreement to provide Indian tribes with GIS software

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Cooperative purchasing?not so fast

State and local governments will be slow to use GSA's schedule contracts, Input reports

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Styles pledges help for small firms

OFPP continuing quest to open more federal work to businesses

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Contracting conundrum

A Legal View: Defense agencies have less discretion than other agencies when it comes to outsourcing

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Cooperative buying overdue

Commentary: The adoption of cooperative purchasing is long overdue

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Cecom awards Rapid Response contracts

Eight IDIQs offer IT services through the Cecom Rapid Response Project Office

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Study: $60B spent on IT services

Agencies awarded more than $60 billion in IT services contracts in 2002, Input study shows

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Small biz certification rules delivered

GWAC agencies must require small businesses to recertify their size and classification annually

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Avaya renews GSA contract

New cooperative purchasing rules also could extend the contract to state and local governments

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DOT closes doors of service center

The Transportation Department has disbanded the Transportation Administration Service Center

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Proposed rules would limit contract bundling

Small business concerns on the agenda

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Counting numbers

A Legal View: Can the question of outsourcing be reduced to a single financial calculation?

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Procurement time limit targeted

OMB may slightly relax a proposed 12-month time limit for completing federal procurements

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Senators oppose outsourcing changes

Senators send letter to OMB opposing proposed changes to OMB's Circular A-76

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DOT transfers TASC duties

TASC handled the day-to-day operations of the department's $10 billion ITOP program

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InsiderAdvantage, epipeline team up

Two companies that offer online government contracting info for vendors have formed a strategic alliance

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GAO pushes long-sought change to FAR

GAO's recommendations regard the acquisition of IT services under the Federal Supply Schedule

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Proposed rules would limit contract bundling

Changes are designed to make it easier for small businesses to compete for federal contracts