People

DHS to expand buying hub

It's one of the top five priorities for the Homeland Security Department's chief procurement officer.

People

GAO finds contract risks

GAO's report on high-risk programs cites contract management programs.

Acquisition

Kerry seeks SBA audit

Sen. John Kerry wants Small Business Administration officials to examine the systems by which they ensure federal contracts go to small businesses.

Acquisition

HUD splits HITS

The protests are over. Both contractors win, with each getting half of the $800 million contract.

People

DOD mines data to detect abuse

Officials hope to use data to improve government purchase card policies

People

Bates' retirement sparks GSA rumors

As Federal Technology Service Commissioner Sandra Bates prepares to retire, talk is growing about the possibility that FTS and the Federal Supply Service (FSS) could be merged to eliminate redundancies.

People

FTS gets acting commish

Barbara Shelton will take over the Federal Technology Service when Sandra Bates retires.

Acquisition

Flyzik: Try it! It might work

Share-in-savings contracts can help further the cause of performance-based contracting.

Acquisition

Editorial: Not for the faint of heart

Procurement policies matter.

Acquisition

Drabkin: Share-in-savings is here to stay

Share-in-savings contracts have evolved, and this year, they may be used more widely.

Acquisition

SBA extends comment time for size rule

Comments on proposed rules governing small businesses' size can be submitted until April 3.

People

GPO calls for FDsys integrator

The Government Printing Office is looking for integrators to implement a system for electronically managing official government content.

People

Recreation reservation deal reopened

Three finalists for a deal to operate Recreation.gov's can resubmit proposals.

Modernization

GSA pursues Oracle SmartBuy

General Services Administration officials plan to execute a SmartBuy licensing deal for Oracle's database software.

People

FTS' Bates to retire

Sandra Bates' last planned day as commissioner of the Federal Technology Service is Feb. 11.

Acquisition

The year ahead in business

Companies eye contracting policies, Congress and conversation in 2005

Cybersecurity

New SmartBuy deals on the way

GSA plans to take an existing Defense agreement with IBM, extend it governmentwide and call for bids on a new antivirus contract.

Modernization

Army buys more network gear

Joint Network Node to support IP-based voice, video and data communications.

Acquisition

SBA: Large firms credited with small-biz deals

Report shows that $2 billion worth of federal contracts went to companies miscoded as small businesses.

People

Air Force picks four environmental vendors

Vendors will share work under the $850 million Global Engineering, Integration and Technical Assistance program.