People
SAIC vows to fight False Claims lawsuit tied to GSA deal
Science Applications International Corp. plans to strongly defend itself against a whistle-blower lawsuit involving a General Services Administration contract to support naval facility in Mississippi.
Acquisition
VA's Acquisition Academy gets excellence award
The academy's Internship School that trains the next generation of acquisition employees gets award for its approach to teaching.
Modernization
FEMA plans consolidation of IT support contracts
The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it will consolidate the ways it contracts for systems engineering support and technical assistance.
People
Army IT exec weighs in on the service's technology programs, challenges
Gary Winkler, Army program executive officer for enterprise information systems at Fort Belvoir, Va., discussed a number of current initiatives, including the Logistics Modernization Program, in a recent interview.
Cybersecurity
Coast Guard unit to outsource metrics management
The Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center will hire a contractor to implement its Earned Value Management program.
People
Op-ed: Dispelling the myth of GSA schedule lag times
Vivek Kundra was off the mark when he described long lead times for buying technology through the GSA schedule, writes Larry Allen, president of the Coalition for Government Procurement.
People
GSA nomination mired in Senate muck
A busy Senate schedule, not further questions, is apparently holding up confirmation of Martha Johnson to be administrator of the General Services Administration.
Acquisition
Defense bill: Contractors would feel the hurt if feds are injured
If a contractor is found at fault for causing injury to a government employee, DOD must prohibit any award fee.
Acquisition
It takes a village
As editors of a publication that reaches tens of thousands of executives and professionals in and around government, we know the importance of listening to all points of view, even — or especially — when one of those viewpoints is that we’ve got a story all wrong.
People
GSA expands on O'Hare's GWACs comments
In a recent interview with Federal Computer Week's acquisition editor, Matthew Weigelt, Ed O'Hare, assistant commissioner of the Office of Integrated Technology Services at GSA's Federal Acquisition Service, clarifies and expands upon his comments made during a panel discussion at the Washington Technology Top 100 Conference.
Digital Government
GSA recasts statements on the end of the GWAC era
GSA has been trying to tamp down concerns about a possible merger of two of its major programs, denying that a senior agency official had intended to give that impression in remarks he made at a conference last month. Despite the agency's efforts, however, some experts say blending the governmentwide acquisition contract program and the GSA schedules would be a good idea.
Modernization
SSA to monitor social media sites
The Social Security Administration wants to monitor what the public says about the agency on social media Web sites.
Acquisition
Sharing of past-performance data now mandatory
A revised FAR rule requires agencies to use a standard database to share contractors' performance information with one another.
Cybersecurity
Two familiar snags await DHS
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano must define inherently government work and find the people to do the insourced work.
Cybersecurity
DHS contracts in line for evaluation
All new professional services contracts worth more than $1 million will be reviewed, including PACTS.
Cybersecurity
DHS names PACTS winners
The Homeland Security Department has awarded the $1.5 billion PACTS contract for professional services.
Modernization
Census successfully uses handhelds to verify addresses
The Census Bureau finished the first phase of the 2010 decennial census ahead of schedule in part because new handheld computers performed well despite earlier problems.
Modernization
How DHS cut costs: Software recycling, contract consolidation
DHS has cited savings from recycling software, consolidating contracts and pursuing other cost-cutting measures.
People
Kundra's vision: IT ‘storefront’ could replace GSA schedules
The federal CIO says federal government needs a procurement system that can keep pace with the rapid changes in technology.
Acquisition