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Feds IT spending spikes
Input finds that third quarter spending spikes 190 percent, thanks largely to the Navy.
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City adds wireless mesh for public safety
Providence, R.I., will offer its public safety agencies 100 times more capacity for mobile data communications.
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Payne: The fear of transition
Not to worry. Transitions are possible. Just follow the plan.
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Networx deadlines extended, could delay award date
Vendors seek clarifications with more than 1,000 questions about the RFP.
Acquisition
Sun narrowly escapes GSA delisting
Company gets reprieve after agreeing to lower some prices.
Cybersecurity
Coast Guard awards contract for info-sharing
AlphaInsight Corp. wins a $4.4 million contract to help create a Web portal to share intelligence.
Modernization
Treasury reopening TCE bids
The Treasury Department is reopening private-sector bidding for its Treasury Communications Enterprise contract for a departmentwide data, voice and video technology network.
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GSA: Speed up telecom transition planning
Agencies need to take an inventory of the services they have through FTS 2001 to establish a baseline for Networx.
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Networx leader to take over Alliant
John Johnson, the GSA official who has spearheaded the development of the Networx contract, will take over leadership of Alliant.
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Networx award could be delayed
GSA will give vendors more time to respond to the Networx RFP, but that extension could make it difficult for the agency to award the contracts by April 2006, as originally planned, GSA officials said.
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DHS IT brass push new buying programs
Homeland Security Department officials urged industry and small businesses today to participate in two new information technology procurement programs the department will soon start.
Acquisition
GSA nearly delists Sun Microsystems
A spat between GSA and Sun over prices nearly resulted in the Silicon Valley computer giant’s products being pulled from the popular GSA schedule contracts.
Acquisition
GSA to examine schedules use
One of the first duties of the reorganized GSA will be to figure out just what agencies are buying through the schedules contracts.
Acquisition
SmartBuy may get FAR blessing
A forthcoming proposed change to acquisition rules would require agencies to check SmartBuy pricing on relevant software.
Modernization
Networx...or what else?
Alternatives to GSA's telecom contract could be hard to come by in the future.
Modernization
Sandia, Verizon agree on a strategic relationship
Sandia National Laboratories has signed similar MOUs with seven other strategic partners, but Verizon is the largest.
Modernization
Further down the line
Networx moves into the future, bearing the hallmarks of the past (First of three articles in a Networx special report).
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DOD IG criticizes GSA buys
Contracting officials have wasted money, violated acquisition regulations when making Defense Department purchases through GSA contracts.
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