Acquisition
McKinsey to consult with IRS on health care law IT
The IRS has its own IT office dedicated to compliance, but wants help dealing with a flurry of new releases due by 2016.
Acquisition
Acquisition environment 'is receptive to new ideas'
Feds hope to make a virtue of necessity by overhauling the acquisition landscape in response to stagnant IT budgets.
Acquisition
Deadline looms for $6 billion military intelligence IT contract
Vendors interested in the $6 billion Enhanced Solutions for Technology Enterprise need to submit their proposals by mid-May.
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NASA to extend SEWP IV by 6 months
Extension intended to provide smooth transition to SEWP V.
Acquisition
What McCaskill is missing about past performance data
A punishment-only approach is bad psychology and bad management, even if it may be good politics.
Acquisition
GSA signs up continuous monitoring vendor
The agency issued a task order to Metrica Team Venture for agency- and federal-level CDM dashboards.
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McCaskill probes 'clunky' contracting databases
Plans have been in place since 2001 to create an integrated contractor database, but delays, cost overruns and development problems have pushed back the scheduled completion date to 2018.
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Two bills look to give small business an edge in contracting
Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves hopes that putting teeth in data reporting requirements will give smaller firms a better chance to compete for federal contracts.
Acquisition
House passes FITARA (again)
The IT acquisition bill, modified since it first went to the Senate in 2013, was approved by voice vote.
Acquisition
FITARA to get another look in the House
The IT acquisition overhaul bill the House will vote on Tuesday includes a few changes from the version included in the House-passed defense policy measure last year.
Acquisition
In search of a bolder procurement process
Results of a study on barriers to government contracting are expected to be released in early March.
Acquisition
More than 100 sign OASIS deals
Federal users can choose from among seven pools of providers for professional services offerings, including logistic, IT, engineering, financial management and scientific trades and services.
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Making the government the market of first resort
Rather than spend time and money adhering to the government's rigid procurement requirements, innovative new companies should have the ability to graduate into compliance.
Acquisition
ICE license plate-reader solicitation canceled
The DHS agency was seeking a company to build a smart phone-accessible database of license plate information that agents could use in the field.
Acquisition
ICE wants license plate database for field agents
A solicitation said the database service should track vehicle license plate numbers captured by several sources, including cameras, law enforcement and repo men.
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A little help, please?
FCW cartoonist John Klossner's take on HealthCare.gov and the talk of procurement reform.
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Obama signs contractor minimum wage order
The executive order will apply only to new federal contracts or contract replacements beginning next year.
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