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Commerce taps more firms for IT contract
Today, Commerce is expected to announce more awards under the $1.5 billion Commits program designed for small businesses
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Defining government
Get ready for Government Inc. It's coming a lot sooner than you think. That's the gist of a memo sent out last month by Dan Porter, the Navy's chief information officer.
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Groups push FedBiz site for buying
The government issued a proposed rule last week that would designate the FedBizOpps Web site as the single online point of access to governmentwide business opportunities.
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Jury: AMS breached Mississippi contract
The state said that more than five years after signing a deal with AMS, not one aspect of its automated tax system was working
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Governments 'piggyback' for IT savings
Cities and counties could save up to $50 million on collective technology purchases through a program announced Thursday
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Compaq to deliver explosive power
The Energy Department has awarded Compaq Computer Corp. a $200 million contract to build the largest supercomputer in the world
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Single face to vendors advances
As expected, the government issued a proposed rule on Monday that would designate the FedBizOpps Web site as the single online point of access to governmentwide business opportunities.
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Retooling the federal desktop
The federal government's love affair with the personal computer is cooling. PC manufacturers and resellers in the federal market are seeing an end to the era of largescale computer purchases
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SSA can't afford the wait
Four years ago, the Social Security Administration began a sixyear process of setting up 56,000 employees in field offices with personal computers.
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$450M deal boosts air traffic control
The FAA awards a 10year, $450 million contract to support modernization of air traffic control and management systems
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Bargaining at a union shop
Companies that bid to provide services to government agencies generally know they will be required to pay their employees the 'prevailing wages' for the area in which the work is performed
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More or less?
The next few years may introduce yet another variable into the PC market a shrinking government
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Commits winners
The Commerce Department identified 30 vendors that it plans to award a piece of its estimated $1.5 billion Commerce Information Technology Solutions program (Commits)
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Feds buy in to reverse auctions
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy and other agencies have thrown their weight behind online reverse auctions as a way to purchase goods and services in government, and save some money in the process.
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Second round for Commits
The Commerce Department late last week identified 30 vendors that it plans to award pieces of its estimated $1.5 billion governmentwide information technology services contract.
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DLA taps Andersen for modernization
Defense Logistics Agency tapped Andersen Consulting to provide up to $389 million in systems integration services
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Air Force finds savings via auction
In its first test of online auctions, the Air Force saved about 27 percent off the price of computer equipment
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IRS renews Unisys pact
Unisys Corp. has received a $100 million contract renewal from the Internal Revenue Service to streamline IT services under TIPSS2
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Reverse auctions move forward
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy and other agencies have thrown their weight behind the use of online reverse auctions to purchase goods and services in government
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