People

Davis: Shake up GSA

Rep. Tom Davis wants to minimize the chances that GSA's divisions will offer services that compete with each other.

People

Acquisition clearinghouse launches

A new online resource will offer policy guidelines, tools, education, training and best practices.

People

Army Corps looks at outsourcing IT

Army Corps of Engineers prepare for big competitive sourcing study

People

Army filters AKO vendors

Army officials encouraged some companies to bid on the Army Knowledge Online procurement.

People

Editorial: The next four years

As President Bush and his team prepare for a second term, we offer the following recommendations on current and perennial policy issues.

People

DOD works to get contracting right

New initiatives seek to assuage procurement concerns

People

Air Force to hand off ops centers IT

Expect a Nov. 15 announcement of the schedule for hiring a company to manage IT for Air and Space Operations Centers.

Acquisition

Buyers gather in Canada

A three-day conference will bring together procurement officials and businesses from throughout the Americas.

Acquisition

Supply execs plans 2005 changes

It's the integration era, says Donna Bennett, Federal Supply Service commissioner.

People

Air Force picks mission planning vendors

The Air Force has selected five companies to compete for mission planning contracts.

People

Army to seek financial integration

The Army plans to issue an RFP for its multimillion-dollar program to oversee its ERP integration effort.

Acquisition

Kane: Sum of its parts

Viewing the federal IT market as a group of segments has value.

Acquisition

Wehrmeyer: Say no to yearly certification

Revenue thresholds don't make a company ready to compete.

Modernization

Networx guarantees set

The telecom contract guarantees a minimum of $525 million in 2006 for all contractors combined.

People

Kelman: Procurement ? a quiet crisis

Strain on the workforce increases the chances of contracting errors.

Modernization

Draft Networx RFPs issued

GSA officials will host a public meeting Nov. 5 to begin the next round of discussions on the requests for proposals.

People

Subcontract system award due soon

The contract for a governmentwide electronic subcontract reporting system is coming shortly, according to Office of Federal Procurement Policy officials.

People

Study: Little firing risk from competitive sourcing

5 percent of full-time civilian employees lost their jobs because of competitive sourcing, two researchers found.

Acquisition

Coping with contracting

Federal agencies face changes in their acquisition environments coming from several fronts, according to a new report issued today by the Professional Services Council.

Acquisition

Census plans $1.3B in contracts

The Census Bureau plans to award two contracts in October 2005 to create systems that will be used for the six-week process of collecting data for the 2010 census.