Acquisition

GSA freezes IT leasing

GSA put a moratorium on new leasing deals for IT products through Federal Supply Service schedule contracts

Acquisition

VA awards 'peach' of a contract

VA awarded PCHS-2, a $1.3 billion hardware and software follow-on contract, to four primes

Acquisition

Raytheon protests FAA competition

Raytheon has filed its second protest against an air traffic modernization project

Acquisition

GSA puts moratorium on IT leasing

Agencies face 60-day hold on leasing IT products from contractors under the Federal Supply Service's schedule

Acquisition

Do metrics measure up?

GAO, agency officials consider ways to gauge the government's success in managing large IT services contracts

Acquisition

DLA urged work on IT management

GAO calls for the Defense Logistics Agency to improve its IT investment management strategy

Acquisition

GSA working out e-Buy kinks

Vendors push for more information on bidding process

Acquisition

Vendors ready to vie for HITS

After months of delay, the RFP was released for the $530 million HUD Information Technology Services contract

Acquisition

NIMA contract aimed to advance tech

Rosettex will work on the advancement and commercialization of technologies for the National Technology Alliance

Acquisition

Fedwire

FAA comm system progresses; Northrop bids for TRW; Procurement tracker unveiled

Acquisition

Small-biz reseller wins SMART 2001

USPTO has awarded the small-business set-aside computer equipment acquisition to Technology Integration Group

Acquisition

GSA spotlights procurement tracker

FAMIS, the new system to track all federal procurements, will be the focus of agency forum

Acquisition

Interior seeks help in Indian trust

RFP calls for the implementation of a plan to conduct a historical accounting of trust accounts

Acquisition

Fine-tuning outsourcing

NASA gives ODIN customers their due

Acquisition

Reform still needs work, feds say

Officials warn agencies must comply with acquisition regulations to forestall Congressional action that could take away reform's benefits

Acquisition

Agencies warned on acquisition rules

Agencies called upon to comply with acquisition regulations to forestall congressional action

Acquisition

OMB rethinks contracting goals

OMB is giving agencies more time to convert government contracts to performance-based pacts

Acquisition

Policy briefs

Bills to raise infosec know-how; Procurement execs set goals; NIST prepping security guides

Acquisition

Smart card industry angles for ID

Alliance gears up campaign to make sure its technology is the leading contender for a national ID system

Acquisition

Purchase card use defended

Procurement official calls for sensitivity, but asserts that the cards fill a need in an era of dwindling human resources