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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.
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Critics fault AIIM guidelines
Citizen groups concerned about lack of mention of public access, FOIA
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Intercepts
Oh my gosh, DISA left Microsoft off NCES; A really long wait for an Encore; DATS coming in September; Disappearing history; Standard Procurement System testing emergency?; Oops, I goofed; Dover base in pursuit of trivia.
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Discrimination complaints decline
Reprisal and age discrimination were the most frequent reasons employees filed complaints with the EEOC in fiscal 2005.
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Lisagor: Counting your neighbor’s wealth
Happiness happens when you stop craving recognition and start giving it to others.
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Northrop Grumman promotes IT exec
Edward Swallow, former director of strategic capture for the IT sector, is named vice president of strategic capture and campaigns.
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Black Box opens in federal market
Infrastructure firm uses acquisitions to gain government foothold.
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Welles: The dynamics of technology
A Soros technology executive achieved results by connecting organizational behavior and IT.
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Online extra | Delay in e-gov funding puts some projects in a bind
Four of five federal agencies received approval from the House and Senate Appropriations committees to transfer funds to the managing partners of E-Government projects on June 30—the last day of the third quarter of the federal fiscal year. This was three months earlier than approval was granted last year, but it still put agencies in a bind.
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DHS disputes GAO card audit
GAO accuses DHS of using weak controls on purchase cards, but agency says the criticism is overstated.
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Senate committee proposes cuts to DOD budget
The Defense Subcommittee reduced President Bush's request by $9 billion.
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