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B2G, take two
Earlier this year, Tony Bansal had maneuvered his business-to- government e-commerce company into what seemed to be the perfect position. Not long after, the company's can't-miss strategy was a little off the mark.
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Playing by the rules
Deidre Lee, a top government procurement official, is pleased that so many companies are offering electronic procurement solutions. But in the move to egovernment, she doesn't want to leave government contracting rules in the dust.
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SBA gives agencies more 8(a) buying power
The Small Business Administration wants to streamline the way agencies award contracts to socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses
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Virginia getting comfortable with seat
State agency heads learn do's and don'ts about purchasing under the state's new seat management contract
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NIH builds online commerce mall
The National Institutes of Health is creating a virtual library to give large and small companies an edge in doing business both inside and outside government.
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Plans afoot to better track agency purchasing
Congress and the Clinton administration are moving forward with initiatives to improve federal agencies' ability to track what they buy, how much they pay and where the products or services are used.
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Tracking DOD
The fiscal 2001 Defense Authorization Act requires the Pentagon to track contract actions
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For rent: Agency systems
Two agencies have signed contracts to rent enterprise application services from USinternetworking Inc.
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Coast Guard on deck with auction
The General Services Administration is taking reverse auctions for a second test flight on Nov. 16
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FDIC online auction pilot soars
Bid4Assets has completed a $12 million loan sale for the FDIC, its largest online transaction for a federal customer
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Site delivers good deals on grub
Direct2Government.com helps food manufacturers target the public sector with excess inventories, special pricing and Internet exclusives
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Sorting keys to reform
The Office of Management and Budget is developing a plan to refine the federal procurement process, keyed to recommendations from a yearlong governmentwide study handed to the agency last month.
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GSA, Gateway settle dispute
A settlement over Gateway Inc.'s alleged failure to extend price reductions to its contract with the General Services Administration has industry groups and analysts calling for removal of the requirement, saying it is out of date.
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Census counts on Entrust tools
The Census Bureau has selected Entrust Technologies' software to provide desktop security for its field workforce of more than 4,000 people
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Army scouting for biometrics
The Army is seeking commercial sources for security products and services to support all of DOD's biometrics needs
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A confusing purchase policy
In 1998, the General Services Administration established a commercial purchase card program called SmartPay to give federal employees the functional equivalent of a credit card.
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Wanted: Procurement ideas
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is looking for new ideas about contracting methods.
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DARPA fuels security R&D
DARPA has awarded four contracts to Secure Computing Corp., pumping more than $6 million into research and development for secure networks
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OFPP calls for fresh procurement ideas
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is looking for ways agencies can work with contractors to improve the federal government's business arrangements
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