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D.C. region OKs buying deal

With a new joint electronic purchasing system in place, 17 governments in metropolitan Washington should be able to save time and money

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The Air Force has awarded a $600 million contract to five companies for desktop computers, laptops and servers.

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A setup for savings

Michigan designs a program to gauge whether e-procurement can save money

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Make vendors accountable

For most of the 1990s, the Clinton administration tried to clean up government procurement. Now it's the private sector's turn.

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The big push for Mr. Bush

The General Services Administration must buy, borrow or lease thousands of items -- and quickly -- for the upcoming presidential inauguration

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Small biz key to CIO-SP 2

The National Institutes of Health awarded the follow-on to its innovative Chief Information Officer Solutions and Partners contract last month

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Congress may renew contract bundling fight

Advocates say bundling saves agencies time and money; opponents believe it cuts small businesses out of procurement opportunities

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Three firms vie for ASSIST2 work

The Justice Department has opened for competition work on roughly $300 million in IT support services under the ASSIST2 program

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Book-buying made easy for feds

Fatbrain.com, an online seller of professional and technical books, has been added to the GSA schedule

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23 firms part of Image World award

NIH has awarded a follow-on to its Image World contract to 23 large and small imaging companies

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'Blacklisting' rule revoked

Rule would have allowed contracting officers to exclude vendors that did not meet certain ethical standards

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GSA adds BorderWare, Alacritech

BorderWare Technologies and Alacritech earn places on the GSA schedule

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New procurement rule draws fire

A new rule says companies that repeatedly violate federal tax, labor, safety, environment and antitrust laws shouldn't be awarded government contracts

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NIH follows up with CIO-SP 2

CIOSP 2, potentially worth $19.5 billion, provides agencies the opportunity to outsource IT services and support to 48 vendors

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Qwest protests bridge contracts

Qwest has filed a protest with GSA, claiming that FTS 2000/2001 bridge contracts awarded to AT?#038; Amp;T and Sprint Corp. were not contested fairly

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GAO guides Coast Guard on IT

The Coast Guard needs to work harder to execute the policies and procedures it sets for managing its IT acquisitions and programs

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Industry Watch

The Bureau of the Public Debt awarded a contract Dec. 4 worth up to $7 million for offtheshelf financial software from Oracle Corp.

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Bureau buys financial software

The Bureau of the Public Debt awarded a contract worth up to $7 million for offtheshelf financial software from Oracle

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Unisys to help with GSA pilot

Unisys has signed a contract to help with a pilot sales force management application for GSA's Federal Technology Service

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eFederal wins place on GSA schedule

Products from eFederal Systems Inc. will be available on a Federal Supply Service schedule