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.
Modernization
GSA looks at lessons learned from Networx contract
The agency has made public a pair of documents detailing takeaways from the longer-than-expected transition.
Acquisition
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.
Acquisition
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.
Modernization
Neustar keeps .us domain deal
The contract extension comes as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers fosters a dramatic expansion of the domain naming pool.
Acquisition
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
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
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.
Acquisition
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.
Modernization
Veterans Affairs seeks solutions to its storage problem
Department wants vendor input on storage-on-demand options.
Acquisition
Obama signs contractor minimum wage order
The executive order will apply only to new federal contracts or contract replacements beginning next year.
Modernization
Cloud brokers: Stretching the benefits beyond IT
Brokers are becoming an integral part of helping the public sector realize the full benefits of cloud technology.
Modernization
Air Force looks to shared services for help with IT acquisition
The Air Force is increasingly handling its IT purchasing problems by partnering with other Pentagon agencies and the private sector.
Acquisition
About those bid protests...
Are bid protests really booming? Here's the five-year trend -- and an explanation of how the process actually works.
Acquisition
ICE seeks new case management system
The push to get a new system in place by September 2015 comes as ICE is digging its way out of an abandoned effort with Raytheon to replace an aging, Cobol-based system.
Acquisition