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GSA to end seat task order

Agency rethinks desktop outsourcing

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FAA taps Lockheed for oceanic radar

The Federal Aviation Administration is negotiating a contract with Lockheed Martin Air Traffic Management to replace the air traffic control system for tracking aircraft flying across oceans

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DOT contract opens door to cool tech

The Transportation Department last week launched a seven-year, $980 million program to which federal, state and local agencies can turn for help when developing projects involving state-of-the-art technology.

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Davis pondering services bill

Legislation would promote training, private-sector best practices and share-in-savings contracting

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FAA awarding security contract

CSC will get contract to support FAA's Computer Security Incident Response Capability

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Florida to upgrade crime systems

The state plans to integrate its criminal history and fingerprint systems

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A contractor by any name

the identity of the bidder cannot be changed after submitting a proposal.

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OFPP nominee sets priorities

Getting definition on performance-based contracts is one basic challenge, nominee says

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FedBizOpps declared procurement hub

FAR Council publishes rule requiring agencies to transition to the FedBizOpps Web site

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Eliminating redundancy

Under the agreement between the Education Department and Accenture, the company developed a plan to shut down the agency's Central Data System

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Alliance targets online security

Calnet will bring OpenNetwork's security management product to the government market

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An equal slice of success

A lot of people in government have high expectations for share-in-savings contracting -- including President Bush

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Partnership offers gov e-procurement

Healy Hudson AG and Omen Inc. align to bring e-government sourcing and procurement software to U.S. agencies

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Army inks nine to PC pacts

Vendors selected for three-year Army Desktop and Mobile Computing-1 BPAs

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How firms get a schedule

In January, AppliedTheory Corp. finished a several-month process to become one of more than 1,800 companies offering professional services on the General Services Administration schedule.

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Scheduling a service fix

Schedule-based IT service sales are soaring, though the practice is drawing fire

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Fedwire

Federal regulators have made it clear that performance-based acquisitions are the preferred way to buy services.

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GSA IT schedule sales from fiscal 1998-2001 (in millions)

GSA IT schedule sales from fiscal 1998-2001

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The way things (should) work

As the General Services Administration crafts rules covering service acquisitions off the schedule program for the Federal Acquisition Regulation, potential customers can find the existing procedures in several places on GSA's Web site.

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Coast Guard confident despite Deepwater wake

The Coast Guard's commandant said he considers the Integrated Deepwater System Project a model for future government procurements