Modernization
Harris wins $1B services pact
The company will lead an industry team operating the National Reconnaissance Office's communications and information systems.
People
Group to study sourcing
The Department of Homeland Security and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy are forming a working group to study strategic sourcing.
Acquisition
FPDS reports go free
Accessing the Federal Procurement Data System directly requires a one-time fee, though.
Acquisition
Vendors to be rated on small-biz support
Under a final rule to be published soon, small-business subcontracting will become a factor in past-performance evaluations.
Modernization
Air Force awards mobile telecom contract
Air Force officials have stepped up efforts to build a mobile communications system that would allow warfighters in remote locations to swiftly access voice, video and data information.
People
Northrop lands $408M Army deal
The Army will get training and simulation services from Northrop Grumman IT.
Acquisition
Aronie: The simple made complex
Complex procurements render GSA buys more susceptible to protest.
Acquisition
Postal Service to use SAP
The deal includes $14 million for the MySAP Business Suite and $21 million for SAP's services arm.
People
Forest Service to cut IT jobs
The agency's IT services group won a competitive sourcing deal with a plan that would cut 180 jobs.
Acquisition
CACI predicts '05 growth
The IT contractor forecast revenue of at least $1.5 billion in 2005.
Acquisition
Nurses hired on IT contract, senator charges
Sen. Charles Grassley says an IT deal for the Energy Department shouldn't have been for medical assistance work.
Acquisition
HITS déjà vu: Lockheed protests
Lockheed Martin is protesting again over a HUD contract awarded to EDS.
Modernization
AT&T gets new mentor project
Ma Bell will work with DreamHammer under a mentor-protégé deal issued by the Army.
People
DLA deal due shortly
Officials at the Defense Logistics Agency say a multimillion-dollar contract will be awarded soon to a team of vendors that will manage IT infrastructure.
People
Sisti: Maintaining some perspective
What happened at Abu Ghraib is as much a management scandal as it is a procurement scandal.
People
Editorial: A-76 ? a textbook case
More should be done for workers who might be displaced by a competitive sourcing decision.
Acquisition