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The Department of Veterans Affairs is deploying Fortress Technologies' AirFortress product to secure the wireless networks used for its BarCode Medication Administration (BCMA) program.
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Vendors match wares to feds' shopping lists
Technology vendors that populated the bustling exhibit floor at the FOSE conference and trade show in Washington, D.C., last week demonstrated how quickly they can ? and sometimes must ? change to respond to the changing emphases in federal agencies.
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PC Mall adds HP, Apple
PC Mall Gov is adding HP and Apple products to its GSA schedule contract
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New council replaces PEC
The Federal Acquisition Council will have a broader membership and focus than the Procurement Executives Council
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ITAA seeks bundling changes
ITAA has joined the chorus of industry groups opposed to the Bush administration's proposed rules on contract bundling
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Objection raised to bundling change
Coalition for Government Procurement calls for withdrawal of proposed contract bundling rule
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GSA schedule spending on rise
Researcher predicts schedule spending will draw close to even with full and open contract spending
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Proposal pushes vendor registration
Proposed rule would require all vendors to register in the Central Contractor Registration database
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FTS as Wal-Mart?
With change as dominant theme at conference, experts see FTS in 'universal integrator' role
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GSA proposes to cut vendor fees
Industrial funding fee would drop from 1 percent to 0.75 percent beginning Jan. 1, 2004
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OMB seeking competitive option
OMB is examining a streamlined competition process to replace direct conversions
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GAO knocks GSA's Advantage
Report says the system has never accounted for more than half of 1 percent of GSA schedule sales
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Linking spending and logic
Editorial: The simple fact that Rep. Davis is attempting to bring order to what is now a hodgepodge acquisition system is a good sign
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Find me a find
Business Matchmaking is a program to put small businesses together with potential federal customers
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Commerce readies COMMITS sequel
Commerce Information Technology Solutions contract is reaching its ceiling a year ahead of schedule
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Officials defend A-76 on Hill
Senators question whether the revised A-76 favors industry or actually promotes competition
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IT services fall to large firms
GAO reports that federal IT services contracts go mostly to large companies
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