Modernization
Oracle Application Server passes security test
It achieved Common Criteria EAL4+, meeting public-sector agencies' purchasing criteria.
People
OPM channels recruits through TV ads
The four ads airing in West Virginia are part of a nationwide campaign to attract qualified and skilled Americans to the federal civilian workforce.
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CSC: Work with IRS modernization a success
The company disputed criticism from Capitol Hill about its performance on the IRS' Electronic Fraud Detection System.
Modernization
Doan: There is no profit cap
The General Services Administration does not have an unwritten rule limiting profits.
Digital Government
NASA helps woo tech companies
Goddard Space Flight Center and host state seek to boost area technology.
Modernization
The Pipeline
We are family, I’ve got all my printers with me; Bomb detection in a suitcase
Modernization
Reverse auctions become a diplomatic tool
The State Department stretches its budget with online buys.
Acquisition
Allen: New rules of contract ethics
Promoting your ethical behavior may actually help your firm win government business
Acquisition
Allen: New rules of contract ethics (full version)
Promoting your ethical behavior may actually help your firm win government business
Acquisition
SARA Panel wants better reporting
It wants to conduct studies on interagency data on awards of contracts, grants and agreements through a Web-accessible database that the public can search.
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Advantech division promotes federal sales director
As vice president of government sales, Michael Pollack will head all aspects of Advantech Satellite Networks’ government business.
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Susan Lawrence faces down adversity
Army gave 18-year-old Lawrence a path from Ida Grove, Iowa, to the Middle East
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Union criticizes OPM's telework guidelines
NTEU says new pandemic telework rules lack employee negotiation, equipment supply rights
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Cybertrust acquires most of Ubizen's stock
Cybertrust, a global information security provider, has acquired 95.8 percent of the Belgian subsidiary stock to fully integrate the two companies.
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GPO dots the i’s on a new performance-based contract
Safeguards and incentives could make it a model for other agencies, observers say.
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Labor seeks IT system for online forms
The Employee Benefits and Security Administration will release a request for proposals Sept. 1 for a wholly outsourced information technology system to process and store electronically filed forms.
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House committee sets IT priorities for DHS
A new authorization bill might signal lawmakers’ frustration with the department’s policies and practices.
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Convera debuts search portal for government professionals
The tool is for policy and business decision-makers rather than citizens searching for government information.
Modernization