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Competition winners to be monitored, OMB says
Whether agencies choose to keep work in-house or contract it out, they will have to prove that was the right decision through a new review process being developed by the Office of Management and Budget.
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DEA picks PEC for intranet work
Contract wins are latest for PEC Solutions on the agency's Firebird intranet
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HUD picks TRW for grant tracking
TRW wins contract to build a software system to help HUD track more than $26 billion in grants
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Minnesota tests reverse auctions
The state is sampling online auction companies to see which will ease its purchasing of goods
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ITOP contract draws scrutiny
House panel is concerned that agencies could use the DOT contract to evade oversight
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Lockheed protest upheld
GAO has upheld a protest by Lockheed Martin Systems Integration regarding a contract to upgrade software on military helicopters.
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OMB seeks budget system upgrade
OMB calls for proposals to improve the systems that handle the government's budget process
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Agencies may face competition
Federal Register notice proposes that contracts among agencies become open to competition
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USPS preps $1 billion deal
Vendor sought for second-generation contract to supply computers, storage, software, support
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Would outsourcing weaken DISN?
Manager says vendor could not enable 'surge capabilities' to give certain users network priority
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HUD drawing up IT overhaul
HUD Information Technology Services would be a 10-year contract worth at least $500 million
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Learning the value of sharing
I am information technology director for a suburb of Washington, D.C., where I can see the impact municipalities have on society
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OMB to broaden competition
Agreements between agencies to become open to public/private competition
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The ITS waltz
Projects requiring federal and state governments to work together often take years to bring to fruition, and public projects that depend on industry support sometimes never materialize. So it's easy to understand why the concept of intelligent transportation systems, which is a threeway dance, has not lived up to expectations.
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IRS picks Dynamics Research
Dynamics Research Corp. will continue work on the IRS' integrated collections systems
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Accenture bets on e-procurement
The company has hired two buying experts to meet growing public-sector demand
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FAA regroups after protest is upheld
The Federal Aviation Administration is pondering its options after being told it jumped the gun in deciding to award an air traffic modernization contract without putting it out for bid
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Mint preps IT upgrade
The U.S. Mint is seeking bids for three major contracts to upgrade and better manage its information technology, including a desktop outsourcing pact for 2,200 desktops
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