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GSA moves ahead with reverse auctions
GSA plans to award a governmentwide contract for its Buyers.Gov program
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Qwest to upgrade NASA network
Qwest wins contract to provide broadband technology for high-performance network
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The way reform should work
Last month's decision by top information technology managers at the General Services Administration to kill its desktop outsourcing contract illustrates two important elements of the government's post-procurement-reform era.
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ICMA taps buying partner
The International City/County Management Association has teamed upwith Way2Bid Inc. to design better channels for local and state governments to conduct online procurement
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Lincoln County rejects SAN sticker shock
Bids were released, responses received and then sticker shock ensued
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Arkansas nears IT overhaul launch
Nearly two years after it began planning an overhaul of its purchasing, finance and human resources information system, Arkansas state government is poised to go live with the project July 2.
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Feds eschew online buying
A new study says federal agencies use the Internet for just 1 percent of all procurement spending.
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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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