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VA leads in small-biz contracts

The department is the top-ranked federal agency when it comes to contracting percentages with businesses owned by service-disabled, veterans, a new report states.

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Senate committee approves OFPP nominee

Paul Denett's nomination to take over procurement policy agency now goes to full Senate.

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Lawmakers largely ignore Web at FOIA hearing

Only one panel discussed the importance of IT in public access to government information.

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VA to use NASA SEWP IV contracts

The agency chooses to drop the PCHS program when the current contract expires in April 2007.

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DHS awards SRA $42M contract

SRA's Touchstone Consulting Group will provide strategy and support services to DHS’ Office for Interoperability and Compatibility.

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DHS: Controls, training needed to combat waste

Procurement officials addressed a Government Reform Committee report that identified 32 DHS contracts worth $34.3 billion that involved “significant overcharges, wasteful spending, or mismanagement.”

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Russert, Obama urge public service

They touted government careers to an audience of summer interns.

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NASCIO: Raise the CISO profile

Giving chief information security officers greater visibility will help enterprise security, the group says in a new report.

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DHS wants to expand US-VISIT

The proposed expansion would include lawful permanent residents, some immigrants, people seeking asylum and some Canadians.

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Army moves to modernize logistics

The Single Army Logistics Enterprise will help track supplies to warfighters.

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DOD competition measure could go governmentwide

The Services Acquisition Reform Act's Section 803, which requires DOD agencies to try for at least three bids before purchasing services, could expand to all agencies.

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HP buys IT software company

The purchase of Mercury Interactive for about $4.5 billion is HP's biggest buy since it acquired Compaq four years ago.

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FBI adds new leadership position

As part of a bureauwide realignment, Joseph Ford has been brought aboard to oversee management of employees, budget, administration and infrastructure.

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Dems flunk feds on small-biz contracts

Democrats on the House Small Business Committee said nearly $12 billion was coded as small-business awards in fiscal 2005 when the contracts actually went to large businesses.

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Army extends spending restrictions into 2007

Service cites shrinking budgets amid the costly war on terrorism.

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House passes VA small business bill

The Veterans Small Business and Memorial Affairs Act of 2006 provides incentives for VA to award more contracts to small businesses owned by veterans and disabled veterans.

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House committee examines rehiring retired feds

With a large percentage of the federal workforce close to retirement age, lawmakers and HR officials debated ways to keep performance at peak levels.

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Cita Furlani wants to get the questions right

The new director of NIST’s IT Lab mixes technical smarts with management savvy.

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OMB catalogs enterprise architecture policies

Scattered policies and guidance hinder cross-agency initiatives, agency says

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ITES-2S losers file new protests

BAE Systems North America, NCI Information Systems, and Multimax were joined by Northrop Grumman and Pragmatics in protesting the Army's decision to award the contracts to the same 11 companies that won the deal originally.