Modernization
Computer Readiness Team adds services
DHS' U.S. Computer Emegency Readiness Team will offer agencies expanded cybersecurity alerts and threat management services as a result of an agreement with Symantec.
People
Niku automates business case docs
The Clarity CPIC Accelerator was designed to help agencies speed up business case submissions.
People
Davis unveils GSA reform bill
His long-awaited proposal would merge FTS and FSS, create regional executives and provide incentives to attract experienced feds to acquisition work.
Acquisition
GOP tech agenda includes health IT, acquisitions
Electronic health records and competitive acquisitions have formally appeared on the list of information technology priorities for House Republicans.
Acquisition
Judge orders SBA info released
A federal judge ordered the release of early drafts of a report about the use of contracting dollars intended for small businesses.
Acquisition
Feds score largest SmartBuy
An enterprise licensing agreement with Oracle is the initiative's biggest deal to date.
Acquisition
Editorial: Rules of the road
Office of Federal Procurement Policy Administrator David Safavian has taken the right steps by assessing the GWAC landscape.
Acquisition
SAIC settles claims case
Science Applications International Corp. denies any wrongdoing, but agreed to pay $2.5 million after federal prosecutors looked into allegations of contractor fraud.
Modernization
CSC gets EDNet work
Education officials awarded a $176 million contract to CSC for managing information technology services on the department's data network.
People
Education expands aid modernization
Education Department officials are now sifting through 4,731 ideas about how to redesign their front-end student financial aid systems.
Acquisition
Can GSA handle two GWACs?
Rep. Tom Davis wants to know, as the General Services Administration takes on Alliant and Networx.
People
Agencies to form commodity councils
If agencies can drive a better deal by bringing purchases together, OMB will ask them to do it, the head of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy says.
Acquisition
Feds get Smart with Oracle
The new deal with Oracle is the largest in the history of the federal SmartBuy program and offers discounts of up to 84 percent from GSA schedule pricing, officials say.
People
DHS looks at procurement risk
Officials plan to try a new approach to evaluating companies and their products before awarding a contract for a departmental intranet portal.
Acquisition
OFPP puts future of GWACs in doubt
The future of NASA's Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurement III is cloudier than ever now that GAO has placed those inter-agency contracts on its high-risk list.
Acquisition
Amtower: Relationships are crucial
The federal IT market is close-knit, and the significant players tend to know one another.
Acquisition